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Mark L. Johnson
Apr 26, 20211 min read
Marana Bike & Hike Events
Marana Meltdown Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR) is holding the Marana Meltdown mountain bike time trial event at the Tortolita Preserve...

Tortolita Alliance
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Living With Arizona Wildlife Event Summary Report
Living With Arizona Wildlife-Zoom Presentation-April 8, 2020 On Thursday, April 8th, Arizona Game & Fish (AG&F) Urban Wildlife...


Mark L. Johnson
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Guild Wash EA
Some Tortolita Alliance (TA) members might have received a postcard invitation (see invite left) to comment on the Guild Wash-Santa Cruz...


Mark L. Johnson
Apr 10, 20212 min read
Bird Safe Buildings Program
Join the Bird Safe Buildings Program & Become a Citizen Scientist! In one year, 365 million to 1 billion birds die from window collisions...

Mark L. Johnson
Apr 5, 20211 min read
Fantastic Fund-Raiser---Thanks!
Tortolita Alliance (TA) Spring 2021 Fund-Raiser was fantastic. We raised $6,255 ($5,185 on-line donations and $1,070 cash/checks). TA...


Mark L. Johnson
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Living With Arizona Wildlife Event
Tortolita Alliance (TA) Board member David Howe has organized a virtual presentation with Arizona Game & Fish (AG&F) entitled Living With...


Mark L. Johnson
Mar 25, 20214 min read
Desert Mistletoe
Tortolita Alliance reached out to a local expert to learn more about desert mistletoe. Kelsey Yule received her PhD in 2018 from the...


Mark L. Johnson
Mar 18, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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 23, 20211 min read
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...


Mark L. Johnson
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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 14, 20201 min read
Cactus Chaser Event Canceled
Marana Parks & Recreation has canceled the Cactus Chaser mountain bike time trial event scheduled for this coming Saturday (12/19) in the...


Mark L. Johnson
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Tortolita Preserve-Cactus Chaser Event
Marana Parks & Recreation has issued the following notice regarding the upcoming mountain biking event called the Cactus Chaser: Marana...

Mark L. Johnson
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Marana P&R-Master Plan-Comments
The Tortolita Alliance submitted a Comment Letter today on the Draft Marana Parks & Recreation Master Plan 2020-2030. Click the link...

Mark L. Johnson
Dec 3, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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 11, 20202 min read
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
Oct 1, 20201 min read
Dove Mountain Fire Emergency Preparedness
There were four wildfires in the Tortolita Mountains this summer. The Tortolita, Westridge, Dove and Edwin Fires were contained quickly...

Mark L. Johnson
Oct 1, 20203 min read
Tortolita 30 Rezoning-Update
Last night, despite overwhelming opposing public comment, the Marana Planning Commission approved the Tortolita 30 Rezoning with some...
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