Mark L. Johnson
TA Alert! Night Flight
Tortolita Alliance (TA) has heard recently from several residents in the Dove Mountain area about planes circling and buzzing at very...
Mark L. Johnson
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Santa Cruz River Cleanup No. 2 At Ina Road Bridge Canceled
Tortolita Alliance and Tucson Clean & Beautiful have canceled the Santa Cruz River Cleanup at the Ina Road Bridge Location on October 23,...
92 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Chopper Activity Dove Mountain
You may have heard a helicopter buzzing Dove Mountain early this morning (midnight to 1 AM) and again currently (7:30 AM). Marana PD...
647 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Marana Town Council-Call For Candidates
Marana 2022 Town Council Election-Call For Candidates The Marana Town Council will have four openings for the August 2022 election with...
228 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
TA Alert! Water Study Session
Marana Water Study Session Marana will be holding a Water Study Session in the Town Council Chambers on Tuesday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. ...
141 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Interstate 11 Opposition To West Option
Tortolita Alliance (TA) received word yesterday that the comment period for the Interstate 11 (I-11) Final Environmental Impact Statement...
369 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Study Up
Sunset-West Hyannisport, MA I took this photo a few days ago a short distance from my boyhood home on Cape Cod, MA. This is a beautiful...
210 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
TA Alert! Road Noise! I-11
The Tortolita Alliance (TA) is collaborating with the Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection (CSDP) and other environmental groups in...
556 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! More Rooftops & H2O?
Camino De Oeste 34 Marana Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 28 at 6:30 in the Town Council Chambers...
687 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Alert! Tortolita Preserve Now Open
Good Afternoon. Marana Park & Recreation just contacted the Tortolita Alliance (TA) to let us know that the Arizona State Land...
226 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Alert! Tortolita Preserve Closed
Good morning Tortolita Alliance (TA) Members. Last evening a TA Member noticed someone posting a notice on Tortolita Preserve (TP)...
280 views
Mark L. Johnson
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Chopper Alert-Update!
Marana PD has informed TA that the suspects have been apprehended by the US Customs & Border Patrol. Kudos to all our law enforcement...
248 views
Mark L. Johnson
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Chopper Alert!
Good morning. Some of you may have heard and/or seen a helicopter (not the actual chopper left) making passes over the Tortolita...
328 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Marana CIP
The Marana Town Council meets tonight (2/23/21) in a Study Session to discuss the proposed 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). TA...
190 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert-Marana Study Session & TA Annual Report
Dove Mountain Sunrise Upper Javelina Trail Looking South Toward Tortolita Preserve Happy New Year! Here are a few alerts to start off...
250 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! Tucson Water Temporary Conversion From CAP Groundwater to Non-CAP Groundwater
Tucson Water issued an Advisory Bulletin on 9/25/20 indicating that they will be temporarily (10/2-11/7) switching from wells being...
159 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Tortolita 30 Rezoning
On Wednesday (9/30/20-6:30PM) the Marana Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider a rezoning application from DR Horton...
194 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! Marana Study Session 9/22-On-Site Recreational Areas
Tortolita Alliance (TA) has provided a Comment Letter regarding the proposed subdivision on-site recreational area requirements to be...
165 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
TA Alert! La Puerta del Norte Annexation
Proposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation/Development (Yellow) & Surrounding Lands Good morning TA members. We apologize for the short...
292 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 29, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Westridge, Dove & Edwin Fires
Westridge Fire (last week) is now 100% contained. Dove Fire is quiet now but grew to 1,200 acres overnight and is 20% contained. See...
149 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Dove Fire & Edwin Fire
Photos by AZ Forestry & Fire Management Around 3:30 this afternoon my wife and I witnessed a lightning strike in the Tortolita Mountains...
274 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 22, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Westridge Fire #5-70% Contained
The Westridge Fire perimeter is still about 500 acres in Cochie Canyon. The fire is 70% contained. The rains Thursday night did not...
107 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 19, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Westridge Fire #4-Under Control
This morning I spoke with a representative at Arizona Forestry and Fire Management-Tucson Office and he reports that the Westridge Fire...
182 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Westridge Fire #3-Not A Prescribed Burn
Yesterday, there were reports from Northwest Fire and Marana PD that the Westridge Fire was a prescribed burn. That information was...
225 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Westridge Fire #2-120 acres
At 8:20 PM, AZ Forestry & Fire Management posted the following tweet: "Per Air Attack, the #WestridgeFire in the #Tortolitas is 120...
187 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! Westridge Fire
Westridge Fire at 3:30 PM (Photo by Newsbreak) Westridge Fire at 6:00 PM A small wildfire developed this afternoon in the Cochie Canyon...
321 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! New Early Voting Options
Yesterday, Pima County/Marana released new emergency in-person early voting options for the 2020 Primary-Local Election. You can now...
103 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! Marana Study Session-7/14/20
Good evening TA Members. Hope all is well! We apologize for the short notice but sometimes these things pop up and it takes time to...
321 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert! Tortolita Fire Update #7-100% Contained
Fire is 100% contained. Final fire perimeter acreage is 3,140 acres. TA will send thank you letter/email to Arizona Department of...
210 views
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
TA Alert-Tortolita Fire Update #6-60% Containment
Fire is 60% contained. Resources being redirected to other fires. See latest InciWeb Report. Wild Burro Trailhead still closed. Will...
187 views