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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
Mar 15, 20241 min read
TA Tidbits #53-TP Wildlife Cams & The Puma
Mountain Lion (Puma)-Tortolita Preserve (3/14/24) Tortolita Preserve Wildlife Cameras On 3/6/24, two new wildlife cameras were set up in...


Tortolita Alliance
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Marana DAWS Modification-ADWR Decision On Objections-Draft Decision & Order and TA Response Letter
Picacho Peak & Full Moon Decision On Objections and Draft Decision & Order The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) issued a...


Tortolita Alliance
Feb 16, 20243 min read
Marana DAWS Modification-Objection Letter & Hearing Update
Tortolita Alliance (TA) filed its 6th Public Records Request (PRR) to obtain copies of the Objection Letters and obtain information...


Tortolita Alliance
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Heart Warming-Saguaro Planting Day
Baby Strong-Arm II Today's Valentine's Day Saguaro Planting Event at the Tortolita Preserve was a huge success. This event was sponsored...

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...


Tortolita Alliance
Feb 3, 20241 min read
TA Tidbits #52-TP Secure & Strong-Arm Still Strong
The Front Tortolita Preserve (1/24/24) TP North Entrance (Brittlebush Drive) Secure Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR) has installed...


Mark L. Johnson
Jan 22, 20241 min read
Saguaro Planting Days-Tortolita Preserve & Mountain Park-Sign-Up
As reported yesterday, Tucson Audubon in conjunction with Marana P&R is sponsoring a Valentine's Day saguaro planting event at the...

Tortolita Alliance
Jan 21, 20241 min read
TA Tidbits #51-TP Fence Complete & Valentine's-TP Saguaro Planting Day
Tortolita Preserve (TP)-Western Fence Project-North Section TP Western Fence Project Complete Marana has completed the Western Fence...

Mark L. Johnson
Jan 14, 20244 min read
DAWS Flaws
Tony Davis wrote an excellent article regarding the Marana DAWS Modification Application (Application) that headlined in today's Arizona...


Mark L. Johnson
Jan 6, 20241 min read
Marana Water DAWS Modification-Reminder-Objection Letter
Our Marana In Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter we provided the Background, Revised Public Notice & Objection...


Mark L. Johnson
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter
Our Marana Water is the sustenance of life. We cannot live without it. Yet the Town of Marana-Marana Water (MW) plans to quadruple the...


Mark L. Johnson
Dec 22, 20231 min read
TA Alert-#3!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Notice Revision & Comment Letter Prep
Public Notice Revision ADWR Legal agrees with our finding that the Marana DAWS Modification Application Public Notice published in the...

Mark L. Johnson
Dec 21, 20231 min read
TA Alert-#2!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Notice
Public Notice The public notice (left) requesting written objections to the Marana Water Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS)...

Mark L. Johnson
Dec 19, 20232 min read
TA Alert!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Comment Period
Application-Public Comment Period Marana Water filed a Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) Modification Application on 5/18/22. For...


Mark L. Johnson
Dec 10, 20231 min read
TA Tidbits #50-Invasive Grasses Too Close To Home
Buffelgrass-Brittlebush Drive-Dove Mountain (11/29/23) On a recent hike, my wife (Shirley) and I noticed a patch of buffelgrass on...


Mark L. Johnson
Dec 3, 20233 min read
TA Tidbits # 49 Ant Mounds-Harvester Or Leafcutter?
Harvester Ant Mound (Nest) Wild Burro Wash (11/26/23) You have probably seen the perfectly shaped ant mounds that look like...

Mark L. Johnson
Nov 25, 20231 min read
TA Tidbits #48 One Water Public Comments & No LIV Golf-Tucson (2024)
One Water-Public Comments Arizona Daily Star (Tony Davis) reported recently that many public comments regarding the Tucson Water (TW) One...


Mark L. Johnson
Nov 19, 20231 min read
TA Tidbits #47 Litter, Glitter & Critters
Tortolita Preserve (10/28/23) Branch Litter Mulching To Restore Old Cow Path Tortolita Preserve (TP) Projects In The News The TP...


Mark L. Johnson
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Hence The Western Fence
Tortolita Preserve-Western Fence Installation (11/8/23) On 5/22/20, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR)...
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