Improving Virginia Water Quality with Google

Google, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) announce the completion of their innovative collaboration that will improve water quality in the Northern Virginia region. Through this partnership, including a more than $230,000 contribution from Google, streamside trees, known as riparian buffers, were installed on the perimeter of five Shenandoah Valley area dairy farms, totaling more than 2,800 native hardwood trees planted. Additionally, these buffers will be monitored by the Alliance until Spring 2031 to ensure the establishment of a healthy riparian buffer. These buffers will improve overall water quality by reducing pollutants and runoff from entering the Potomac River Basin and Chesapeake Bay Watershed, as well as improve the overall biodiversity and streambank stabilization of the farm, both of which are key in supporting on-farm climate resiliency in the coming years.
Learn more at allianceforthebay.org/google