Tortolita Fire The Tortolita Fire covered 3,140 acres and was 100% contained in 6 days (June 5-11) during very windy conditions. Joe...

Happy Father's Day! Joe Thomas (TA Member and avid hiker) and I hiked to the Tortolita Fire Area this morning. It was an early departure...

Lease-onomics-Part III-TP Is Valuable Asset This is the third and final blog of a three part series that presents the economics related...

Lease-onomics-Part II-True Conc[f]essions This is the second in a series of three blogs that present the economics related to the...

Saguaro Fruit & Seeds Upper Javelina Trail-6/14/20 50 per 1,000,000-According to Ecology of the Saguaro-II, that's how many saguaro seeds...

Fire is 100% contained. Final fire perimeter acreage is 3,140 acres. TA will send thank you letter/email to Arizona Department of...

Fire is 60% contained. Resources being redirected to other fires. See latest InciWeb Report. Wild Burro Trailhead still closed. Will...

Fire officials have finally released the fire perimeter map for the Tortolita Fire (see above). Total acreage within the fire perimeter...

The wind is not helping with containing the Tortolita Fire. Click here to see latest InciWeb update. Late this afternoon, Marana Park &...

Aerial Photo of Tortolita Fire and Bighorn Fire in background-photo by InciWeb Unfortunately, winds have resulted in expansion of fire...

The Tortolita Fire is reported at 540 acres. Crews are conducting back burning and building fire lines. The fire is located 4-6 miles...

Good morning! There is a small wildfire in the Tortolita Mountains caused by dry lightning last night. Looks like it is out at the end...

Part IX covers the Tucson Active Management Area (TAMA) including; (1) General Description, (2) Geohydrology (3) Supply & Demand, (4)...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) became an Arizona Non-Profit Corporation on January 31, 2020. There are expenditures that come with being a...

Double Rainbow Over Tortolita Preserve (5/30/20) Good Things are Coming! This is a quick update on a few items: Tortolita Preserve...

None of us can claim that our lives are the same as they were two months ago. The abrupt threat and immediacy of action due to the...

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...

Jackie Craig announced her candidacy for Marana Town Council at the Tortolita Alliance General Meeting on January 31, 2020. Jackie's...

Beginnings The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed in the fall of 2019 in response to a proposal by the Town of Marana (Marana) and...

The Tortolita Alliance logo is unveiled! The logo represents the beauty of the Sonoran Desert and our mission of land conservancy...