{"id":22348,"date":"2024-12-03T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/gfputnam\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:39:10","slug":"gloria-putnam","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/gloria-putnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloria Putnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her role as the coastal resources and communities specialist, Gloria Putnam helps state and local organizations and communities address environmental concerns through research, education, planning and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Putnam serves as the lead for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/program-areas\/healthy-ecosystems\/coastal-landscapes\/\">Coastal Landscapes Initiative<\/a>\u00a0that aims to foster resilient and sustainable landscapes throughout coastal North Carolina. Gloria has also been engaged with researchers and communities in the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound to better understand algal blooms in that region. Marine debris is another major area of topic for her and she has been an integral part of a team that developed the first NC Marine Debris Action Plan released in 2020, and continues to serve on an implementation committee and participate in projects connected with the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria has co-authored a number of NC Sea Grant publications, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cbM6HUvZIsDklcopQzGooQ3jeJV1mqa5\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Algal Blooms Things to Know<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-coastal-landscaping-designs\/\">NC Coastal Landscaping Designs<\/a><\/em>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1qznQZyx7faEwunaX6jPp8sMRtUZHeOk1\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Coastal Grass Beds<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1a1tXxA6fKjKEg4UlJtmWLw26qYDZk-AU\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Trees and Plants<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>fact sheets of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1oLiC8q-b-E-lsKTYZJlEog_d8fwfndd4\/view?usp=drive_link\"><em>Sustainability Series<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Sea Grant in 2007, Putnam worked for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality as the coastal nonpoint source program coordinator. \u00a0She earned a master\u2019s in environmental management and policy from the\u00a0University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from\u00a0North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":22391,"template":"","group":[1568],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22348","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-nc-sea-grant-staff-raleigh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gloria Putnam - North Carolina Sea Grant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/people\/gloria-putnam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gloria Putnam - North Carolina Sea Grant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In her role as the coastal resources and communities specialist, Gloria Putnam helps state and local organizations and communities address environmental concerns through research, education, planning and collaboration. 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