Mark L. Johnson Jul 11 2 min TA Tidbits #25-TA Logo-Patches, Website Improvements & Something Called Rain TA Logo & Patches We are happy to announce that the beautiful Tortolita Alliance (TA) logo has received official Trade Mark (TM) status...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 27 1 min TA Tidbits #24 Julio & More Hiked the Wild Burro Trail very early this morning and ran into Julio the Gila Monster. Click on the video below to see him moving out!...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 13 2 min TA Tidbits #23 Dried Fruit Hiked the Upper Javelina Trail this morning at 5 AM to beat the heat. The saguaro fruit are beginning to ripen. See photo above that...
Mark L. Johnson May 26 2 min TA Tidbits # 22-Trails, Cows & Water Saguaros Enjoying The Scenery Alamo Springs Trail Tortolita Preserve (TP) Natural Resource Survey TA met with Marana Parks & Recreation...
Mark L. Johnson May 18 2 min TA Tidbits #21-More Happy Trails Jim Tripp Moving On Jim Tripp (TA Vice President) and family have decided to move back to the mid-west. Accordingly, Jim has resigned as...
Mark L. Johnson Apr 30 4 min TA Tidbits #20-TA In Action TA Presentations Tortolita Alliance (TA) made presentations to the Del Webb Dove Mountain HOA (2/11), Dove Mountain Civic Association...
Mark L. Johnson Mar 19 2 min TA Tidbits #19-Current Events Tortolita Preserve (TP) Field Visit With Marana Officials TA Board members met with Terry Rozema (Marana Town Manager), Jackie Craig...
Mark L. Johnson Feb 28 1 min TA Tidbits #18-Owl-Water-Fire-Grass & Trash Pima County Pygmy Owl Monitoring Pima County Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 3 (2/12/21) provides a nice description and update of the County's...
Mark L. Johnson Feb 5 3 min TA Tidbits #17-Hot Local News & Events Sun-Moon-Earth Upper Javelina Trail TA Meets With Marana Town Manager TA Board members Mark Johnson, Dave Barker and Jim Tripp met via...
Mark L. Johnson Jan 16 2 min TA Tidbits #16-Rare Plant, Marana Stuff & Volunteer Opportunities Amanda and Trevor Switzer make a stop at Strong Arm Saguaro Cactus in the Tortolita Preserve. Amanda and Trevor were visiting from Texas...
Mark L. Johnson Dec 3, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #15-Parks, Signs, Gas & More P&R Master Plan Marana is holding a Town Council Study Session on Tuesday, 12/8/20 at 6:00 PM to review the draft of the Park &...
Mark L. Johnson Nov 17, 2020 3 min TA Tidbits #14-TA In Action Drew and Hannah King sporting their Tortolita Alliance (TA) Tee Shirts in front of the Strong Arm saguaro cactus in the Tortolita...
Mark L. Johnson Oct 25, 2020 5 min TA Tidbits #13-Out Of The Thicket Did you know that Marana means "thicket" (dense growth of shrubs, bushes and small trees) in spanish? Recently, there has been lots of...
Mark L. Johnson Oct 11, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #12-Happy Trails Hi everyone. Thought you would like a little musical trails nostalgia from happier times to cheer you up. I am sure you'll be singing...
Mark L. Johnson Sep 27, 2020 1 min TA Tidbits #11-Dry Times Dry Times Not too long ago I was posting pictures of Engelmann's Prickly Pear in full bloom. The lead photograph (and all photos below)...
Mark L. Johnson Sep 6, 2020 3 min TA Tidbits #10-Summer Wrap-up Tortolita Preserve Wash-Sunrise-9/6/20 Hiked the Tortolita Preserve-Highland Loop early this morning (5:30 AM start). Although 87...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 25, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #9-Big Happenings Sunrise-Wild Mustang Trail-8/23/20 Discover Marana Website The Town's Discover Marana Website is geared toward informing prospective...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 15, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #8-HOT Topics! Saguaros At Daybreak-Upper Javelina Trail (8/9/20) Here are some HOT Topics! Marana Election Results The following table shows the latest...
Mark L. Johnson Jul 16, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #7 Town Council Study Session (7/14/20) Report Item D1-KB Homes-Proposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation The Town Council narrowly (4-3)...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 25, 2020 3 min TA Tidbits #6 Tortolita Fire The Tortolita Fire covered 3,140 acres and was 100% contained in 6 days (June 5-11) during very windy conditions. Joe...
Mark L. Johnson May 31, 2020 2 min TA Tidbits #5 Double Rainbow Over Tortolita Preserve (5/30/20) Good Things are Coming! This is a quick update on a few items: Tortolita Preserve...
Mark L. Johnson Apr 4, 2020 1 min TA Tidbits #4 Critters Some of our local critters are appearing with the warmer temperatures. See photo of Gila Monster taken by Sally Schuler on the...
Mark L. Johnson Mar 6, 2020 1 min TA Tidbits #3 Tortolita Preserve-View From The Tortolita Crag The Town of Marana (Marana) has a lot going on. If you are interested in getting...
Mark L. Johnson Feb 6, 2020 1 min TA Tidbits-#2 Tortolita Preserve Sunrise Photo by Mark Johnson Tucson Local Media Articles Kathleen Kunz, Staff Reporter for Tucson Local Media, has...
