Small Communities Stormwater Management Project
An Urban Outreach Specialist position was created in 2007 to work individually with small, non-MS4 communities to increase the understanding of the causes of stormwater, the consequences of stormwater, and options for managing stormwater.

Environmental Day Camp
Beginning in 2002, the Faribault County SWCD has hosted an annual 5th Grade Environmental Day Camp.  The event brings together around 200 students attending from throughout the county.  The goal of the day is to explore the outdoors by involving students in hands-on learning activities.  The day exposes students to environmental topics that many wouldn't have learned about otherwise.

Envirothon
The Envirothon is an annual outdoor, hands-on learning experience for area High School students.  It centers around 6 different learning stations on forestry, water quality, soils, wildlife habitat, a current event issue, and an oral presentation.  At each of 5 stations, teams composed of 4-5 students answer 20 questions on that subject.  An oral presentation problem will make a 6th station.  Students are then scored at each of the stations.  Since the event takes place outdoors, questions involve actual contact with natural resources, rather than a "paper and pencil" approach.  After spending 30 minutes at each of the 6 stations, the scores are then combined to determine the top 3 teams.  These teams then advance on to the state competition.

Community Education
Each year in August the SWCD hosts the Prairie Ecology Bus Center from Lakefield, MN to do a Community Education program for youth on water quality.  Students spend the afternoon exploring, experimenting, and investigating Guckeen Lake.  Through a number of outdoor, hands-on learning activities the kids are able to learn about water quality and how it affects them.  Physical, chemical, and biological assessments are done to assess the high or low quality of the water in the lake.

Stewardship Program
Each year the SWCD offers free of charge to all churches in the county materials to remind individuals of their personal responsibility to be a good steward of the land, water, wildlife, and all natural resources that will improve the quality of life.

Students for Environmental Education in Schools (SEEDS)
Under the umbrella of the Peer Helping Program, the Blue Earth Area High School and SWCD have partnered to develop SEEDS.  SEEDS is a group of 10-12 graders who educate their fellow students and the public on environmental topics such as trees, recycling, and Earth Week.