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are going to be disturbed. It these resources are going to be affected, their potential eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places should be determined . Public Outreach In late 1996 a thirty- member Shaping Orange County ' s Future Task Force was asked to forge a unified vision of the County to help balance preservation and development needs in both rural and urban areas . These citizens formed subcommittees to deal with myriad topics, including Environment and Resource Protection (Stancil 1999) . The 1998 report of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee includes a section on historical and archaeological sites and landscapes (Environment and Resources Protection Committee 1998) . In that report members state that citizens were concerned about the increasing loss of historical structures and archaeological sites in Orange County. Task force members listed six important goals to help protect Orange County ' s historic and prehistoric cultural resources as follows . -Preserve significant historic and prehistoric sites and landscapes created by the different Orange County ethnic, national, and cultural groups, and by industrial and other activities important to the history of Orange County (e. g. , mills, ice ponds, etc.) -Encourage developers to protect and preserve historic and prehistoric sites, buildings, and landscapes. - Coordinate historic preservation activities in the county (including towns) including a joint preservation plan for the whole county. -Keep inventories updated. -Prioritize sites for preservation. -Enlighten the population on the importance of preserving prehistoric and historic sites. The County ' s cultural resources are being lost due to a number of factors besides the obvious impact of residential, commercial, and concomitant infrastructure development . For example, many owners and/or managers of historic resources (above ground) do not recognize that these lands may also hold valuable archaeological resources (below ground) . That is one reason why it is critical to integrate and disseminate the archeological and architectural grant report conclusions to historic and archaeological property owners in the St . Mary' s Project area. One way to accomplish this task is to work with the St. Mary' s Chapel Committee . The chapel, church ruins, and cemetery are still important landmarks in the lives of local residents . St . Mary ' s Chapel held a homecoming ceremony August 29th, 1999 and the response was overwhelming. Part of the Homecoming service was a discussion of the future of St . Mary' s Chapel, the associated cemetery, and of the historic resources in the St. Mary ' s community. Area residents, some with historic surnames j such as Bacon, Lockhart, and Walker, want to hold a community meeting at the Chapel 51