Staff members from the state's history agency will gather the public's views on future directions for the North Dakota Historic Preservation program this week.

Meeting results will be used in developing the next edition of the State Historic Preservation Office's Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan.

The meeting will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Project Room at the North Dakota Heritage Center.

The current historic preservation plan and a questionnaire can be found on the State Historical Society's Web page at www.nd.gov/hist/hp/plan/Copy.htm. Copies also are available by contacting SHSND Historic Preservation Planner Walter Bailey at 701- 328-3577 or e-mail at wbailey@;nd.gov.