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Tortolita Alliance
Nov 14, 20242 min read
General Meeting & Strategic Plan 2025
Tortolita Alliance (TA) held its General Meeting on 11/12/24 at the Ritz Carlton-Dove Mountain-Golf Club at Dove Mountain Clubhouse. A...
Tortolita Alliance
Sep 6, 20242 min read
TA Tidbits # 59 Giddyap!
Here are some upcoming events in our area by which you can volunteer, enjoy our Sonoran Desert environment and engage! Marana Parks &...
Tortolita Alliance
Aug 29, 20241 min read
TA Alert! General Meeting 11/12/24
Tortolita Alliance (TA) will be holding a General Meeting of the organization on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at...
Tortolita Alliance
May 8, 20242 min read
Tortolita Preserve-Planning For The Future
Tortolita Preserve Strategic Concepts-Trail System Expansion & Connections Map In early April, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) Board met with...
Tortolita Alliance
May 2, 20243 min read
Desert Fence Busters Visit TP
Legacy Barbed Wire Fence [The Problem] Barbed wire fence was installed throughout the Sonoran Desert over many years to identify property...
Tortolita Alliance
Mar 18, 20241 min read
TA Tidbits #54-TA Reaching Out
Highlands Lifelong Learning Group Tours Tortolita Preserve With Dave Barker (TA Board Member-back left) Tortolita Alliance (TA) is...
Tortolita Alliance
Feb 10, 20242 min read
TA Strategic Plan & Financial Update
The Beginning The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed four years ago in response to efforts by the Town of Marana (Marana) and the Arizona...
Mark L. Johnson
Dec 4, 20222 min read
TA Reflections & Future
The Beginning The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed three years ago in response to efforts by the Town of Marana (Marana) and the...
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
May 18, 20212 min read
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 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
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
Mar 1, 20211 min read
2021 TA Fund-Raiser
In 2020, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) was quite busy despite the pandemic. The TA 2020 Annual Report shows that many strategic plan items...
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 12, 20214 min read
TA Annual Report-2020
2020 was the inaugural year for the Tortolita Alliance (TA). Much was accomplished despite the pandemic. In January, TA members met and...
Mark L. Johnson
Sep 6, 20203 min read
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
May 27, 20204 min read
Meet The Tortolita Alliance Board of Directors & Officers
The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed in the fall of 2019 in response to a proposal by the Town of Marana (Marana) and Arizona State...
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