Southwest Big Picture-Old Water~New Water Old Water (Colorado River) Water Woes XXI-H2O Hits The Fan (4/16/23) covered the proposed...

Tortolita Preserve-New Moore Road Trailhead (10/27/23) On 2/19/20, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR)...

In May 2023, Governor Hobbs established the Governor's Water Policy Council and associated Assured Water Supply (AWS) Committee. The...

Tortolita Preserve-New Moore Rd. Trailhead Construction (9/30/23) Tortolita Preserve (TP)-Moore Rd Trailhead Construction The...

Colorado River Status Current Conditions The above normal 2023 Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack has resulted in a 10% improvement in...

Tortolita Alliance is conducting its 2023 Fundraiser. See our fundraiser page (below) that was recently published in Tucson Local Media...

The Tortolita Alliance (TA) Strategic Plan (2020) included a strategic goal to collaborate with other groups/agencies/public to conduct a...

Tortolita Preserve-After The Monsoon (8/27/23) Hiked the Tortolita Preserve (TP) Main Loop (7 miles) this early this morning. Reports of...

Mr. Big Stuff Tortolita Preserve (TP) This huge Sonoran Desert Tortoise paid a visit to a property adjacent to TP near Moore Road and...

Tortolita Preserve-Snow Bound (3/2/23) Only 143 days ago we had 4 inches of snow in our Sonoran Desert and now the daily temperatures...

Shades of Purple (TP-4/23/23) Tortolita Alliance (TA ) has been working with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR) for the last 3.5 years on...

In 2020, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) performed considerable research regarding the history of the Tortolita Preserve (TP) and published...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) provided a detailed Comment Letter (6/7/23) regarding the Tucson Water-One Water 2100 Plan-May 2023 Draft (Plan)....

Tortolita Summer The summer solstice is 10 days nigh, And the temps are getting kinda high. But the early morning you can’t dislike, A...

One of the plant species identified in the Fall Tortolita Preserve (TP) Bioblitz was the Night Blooming Wild Cereus Plant aka Queen of...

Tortolita Alliance has filed the following comment letter with Tucson Water (TW) this morning regarding TW's One Water 2100 Plan. You can...

Hiked the Upper Javelina Trail early this morning. First time on the new section near Boulder Canyon Pass (see photos in collage). The...

The following is a medley of recent H2O developments with the Colorado River, Marana Water and Tucson Water. New-Colorado River...

The water situation in the West has improved but it is only one year in a 24-year period whereby the Colorado River reservoir system has...

Dave DeGroot-Grand Canyon One of the great benefits of the Tortolita Alliance (TA) is meeting and working with wonderfully talented...