Otter Valley Events and Nature Center

07/10/2024

Email us for details: [email protected]

08/21/2023

2.5 inches of rain…thank you hurricane Hilary!!

10/23/2022

We had a great time at the Global Conservation Force fundraiser held at Otter Valley Events and Nature Center! Pictures to follow, but super happy to be able to be a part of their awesome conservation efforts!

Thank you!

We had an amazing time yesterday for our Hawaiian Luau themed Annual Fundraiser! Thank you all so much for your ongoing support.

Special thanks to Nurtured By Nature for sponsoring the new Otter Valley Events and Nature Center area for us to host our guests.

Thank you to for the amazing entertainment and delicious food!

Thank you to our partners Pacific Plate Brewing Co. and Wilson Creek Winery for providing the amazing beer and wine at the Tikki bar!

And, special thanks to all of our hard working volunteers who took the time to work on the event, several who worked for months prior leading up, to day of, at the event.

If you missed the event and would like to support our efforts please take a look at becoming a recurring donor for our K9s, Mounted Unit, and or please support our biodiversity and habitat expansion program through our Save The Horns campaign! [LINK IN BIO]

📷 STM Studios

07/31/2022

We sure had a fun evening last night hosting the Valley Center Stampede Rodeo Queen Pageant at Otter Valley! The girls dusted off their boots from the morning's horsemanship competition and shined up their hats for the stage portion of the event. All the contestants did a fantastic job! Kudos to Julie, the pageant director, for a successful evening and congratulations to the new Valley Center Rodeo Queen court!

05/11/2022

We had a fun evening last night when we hosted the Valley Center Chamber of Commerce May Mixer! Thanks VC Chamber for the shoutout!

02/09/2022

Treasure hunting for the three R's - RECYCLE, REUSE, REPURPOSE! We found some awesome deals at the metal yard and flawed lumber section in Home Depot today. Doing our part to not only save some money, but more importantly, to NOT contribute to the already overflowing landfills!

BEING SUSTAINABLE WHILE BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL NATURE CENTER!!

12/27/2021

Hi Everyone! We are in need of a full time caretaker for our Pauma Valley property called Otter Valley. We are looking for a retired couple who normally enjoy staying home most of the time to live on our 5 acre property in a park model (with pull outs) trailer to act as caretaker, groundskeeper (only in the sense of maintaining watering and making sure that all plants are doing well, and supervising/scheduling our gardener to do the bigger stuff), and weekly cleanup of the main building, bathrooms, and brides' changing room so it is clean for people looking at the property to rent for events.
We are also starting to move animals on property (you can look at our website nurturedbynature.org to get an idea of types of animals), so our caretaker will also need to be able to do at least two rounds a day/night to check to make sure all animals are ok and to notify us if there are any emergencies (animal care will not be required). Basically we need someone on site to be our eyes and ears when we or other staff are not there. We do have one other onsite keeper on property, so there will be times that the caretaker can leave to run errands or take time off.
We are offering monthly rent, reasonable electricity & water, & trash pick-up in exchange for the above tasks. If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, or you know someone who this might work for their situation, please let us know and we can schedule a time to talk on the phone and/or tour the property. Understandably we would require references because we will be relying on this person to be extremely reliable and responsible.
Please email Wendy at [email protected] if you are seriously interested 🙂

11/06/2021

The 2022 Otter Swim Reservation Calendar is now open! You can see availability and make your reservation by visiting our website nurturedbynature.org. The otters can't wait to meet you and teach you everything OTTER!

10/25/2021

What a fun Halloween themed, volunteer appreciation, outdoor movie/woodfired pizza night at Otter Valley! Inferno Pizza provided delicious woodfired pizza with a smile, guests looked awesome in their Halloween costumes, the fire pit added extra warmth, and the venue was perfect!