{"id":1788,"name":"Mike","url":"","description":"I am a recent graduate of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Born and raised in Colorado I am excited to take my adventures to new places. My passions include mountains, deserts, backpacking, bikepacking, hiking, mountain biking, climbing, mountaineering, snowboarding\/skiing and science. Specifically I am an ecologist with strong roots in plant ecology and snow science\/ecology.   I was an environmental biology major with a minor in geology, I completed a thesis relating to the impacts of early snow melt and warming temperatures on alpine plants in SW Colorado. In August I will begin a PhD program within the school of Forestry at NAU, here I will be studying the role soil organisms play in plant migrations. Specifically I am interested in addressing the question of if stress adapted soil organisms can assist plants living in more stressful conditions, this research could be utilized to assist land managers in buffering against die-back as the climate changes.","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?author=1788","slug":"mike_remke","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/585940e9652a9f723209cd08c5b4eadc?s=24&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/585940e9652a9f723209cd08c5b4eadc?s=48&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/585940e9652a9f723209cd08c5b4eadc?s=96&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}