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    TA Alert!  Night Flight
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
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    TA Alert!  Santa Cruz River Cleanup No. 2 At Ina Road Bridge Canceled
    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,...
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    TA Alert!  Chopper Activity Dove Mountain
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Marana Town Council-Call For Candidates
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Water Study Session
    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. ...
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    TA Alert! Interstate 11 Opposition To West Option
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Study Up
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Road Noise! I-11
    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...
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    TA Alert! More Rooftops & H2O?
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Jul 22, 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...
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    Alert!  Tortolita Preserve Now Open
    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...
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    Alert!  Tortolita Preserve Closed
    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)...
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    Chopper Alert-Update!
    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...
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    Chopper Alert!
    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...
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    TA Alert! Marana CIP
    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...
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    TA Alert-Marana Study Session & TA Annual Report
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Tucson Water Temporary Conversion From CAP Groundwater to Non-CAP Groundwater
    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...
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    TA Alert-Tortolita 30 Rezoning
    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...
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    TA Alert!  Marana Study Session 9/22-On-Site Recreational Areas
    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...
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    TA Alert! La Puerta del Norte Annexation
    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...
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    TA Alert-Westridge, Dove & Edwin Fires
    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...
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    TA Alert-Dove Fire & Edwin Fire
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Aug 28, 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...
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    TA Alert-Westridge Fire #5-70% Contained
    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...
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    TA Alert-Westridge Fire #4-Under Control
    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...
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    TA Alert-Westridge Fire #3-Not A Prescribed Burn
    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...
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    TA Alert-Westridge Fire #2-120 acres
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Aug 18, 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...
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    TA Alert!  Westridge Fire
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Aug 18, 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...
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    TA Alert! New Early Voting Options
    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...
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    TA Alert! Marana Study Session-7/14/20
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Jul 14, 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...
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    TA Alert!  Tortolita Fire Update #7-100% Contained
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Jun 12, 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...
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    TA Alert-Tortolita Fire Update #6-60% Containment
    Mark L. Johnson
    • Jun 11, 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...
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