Mark L. Johnson
Trailblazers!
(L to R) Thom Rossa (TA Director), Dave Barker (TA Secretary), Chris Garrow (Trail Maintenance Crew Member), Mary Grodman (Natural...
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Mark L. Johnson
Oct 17, 20212 min read
TA Tidbits # 29 Gone-Soon
Monsoon 2021 Remnants-Wild Burro Wash Monsoon season is gone ("Gone-Soon"). If Marana passes the half-cent sales tax, some of your hard...
Mark L. Johnson
Oct 12, 20211 min read
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,...
Mark L. Johnson
Oct 10, 20212 min read
TA Tidbits # 28 Save The Happy Habitat
Tortolita Mountains Photo by Nancy Major Huge Sonoran Desert Tortoise Found In Tortolita Preserve Marenis Kansfield (TA member) came upon...
Mark L. Johnson
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Jill Kismet Joins TA Board
Jill Kismet is an Arizona native - or at least she considers herself one! She had the privilege of growing up in Prescott and attended...
Mark L. Johnson
Oct 2, 20211 min read
Santa Cruz River Clean Up No. 2
Tucson Clean & Beautiful and other agencies/groups are sponsoring a Santa Cruz River Cleanup on October 23. For the second time this...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Cocci Chronicles VI-Valley Fever Uptick
Cocci Chronicles is a public outreach medium for Valley Fever awareness. Parts I-V presented Valley Fever origins, symptoms, diagnosis,...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 29, 20211 min read
TA Tidbits #27 Stormy Times
End Of Monsoon Season Storm Upper Javelina Trail (9/26/21) Lake Mead Elevation Projections Worsen The United States Bureau of Reclamation...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 26, 20211 min read
Saguaro Destruction-Part 2
Bulldozer Topples Beautiful Saguaro Saguaro Reserve-Dove Mountain Photograph published with photographer's permission Marana Response To...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 25, 20211 min read
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...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Saguaro Destruction
Several TA Members have reported the destruction of older saguaros at the Saguaro Reserve Subdivision (173 homes) now being mass graded...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Wet But Dry
Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Pima County Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team today (September 8, 2021)....
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Marana Sales Tax Increase Considerations
Marana has two remaining Sales Tax Increase Public Meetings on Thursday, 9/9/21 at 6:00 PM at the Dove Mountain Stem School and on...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 30, 20212 min read
TA Tidbits # 26 I-11, Land & Water
Tortolita Preserve (8/28/21)-Four Pots Of Gold Interstate 11 (I-11) Update Thanks to all the Tortolita Alliance (TA) members that wrote...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 28, 20213 min read
Water Woes IX-Water Study Session Report Part B
Water Is The Sustenance Of Life In Part A we reported that Marana Water has 2,804 acre-feet (AF) of water remaining in its Designated...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Water Woes VIII-Water Study Session Report Part A
Hope you had the opportunity to attend or watch (video stream) the Water Study Session on Tuesday. Jing Luo, Marana's new Water...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Water & Flower Power
Alamo Springs Trail-Chest High Grass Hiked the Wild Burro & Alamo Springs Trail this morning. The Wild Burro Wash was flowing strong...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 19, 20212 min read
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. ...
Mark L. Johnson
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Aye-R-Land
Upper Javelina Trail Looking East Hiked the Upper Javelina Trail on Sunday and it looks like Ireland up there--emerald green! Below is a...
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