{"id":22346,"date":"2024-12-03T15:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/fmlopez\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:39:37","slug":"frank-lopez","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/frank-lopez\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank L\u00f3pez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank L\u00f3pez is the extension director for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a>\u00a0and the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wrri.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water Resources Research Institute<\/a>. He supervises extension specialists for the programs in Raleigh, Morehead City, Manteo, and Wilmington. 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