The Resiliency Project

Courtesy of Friends of Flight 93

 

Two arborists mulching a tree in the Memorial Grove

NPS Photo

THE RESILIENCY PROJECT

In April 2024, Flight 93 National Memorial started a ten-year project to revitalize the trees within the 40 Memorial Groves. The National Park Service and the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial initiated the first phase of a public-private campaign to restore the living tribute to the Flight 93 crew members and passengers.

The 40 Memorial Groves and Allée (a tree lined trail) use 2,000 deciduous trees to define the open field where Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001. This 30-acre landscape feature was planted to honor each of the 40 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93.

Over the past five years, the National Park Service and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation have worked with experts from Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) to evaluate soil inadequacies from years of surface mining, limited irrigation, and tree species selection.

The Resiliency Project is a ten-year remediation plan to improve tree health and soil conditions.

To help the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial complete this project CLICK HERE.