Jonathan Yoder is Distinguished Professor for Sustainable Development in the WSU School of Economic Sciences at WSU Pullman (see his professional page here). His research specializations include natural resource and environmental economics, focusing on policy design and impact analysis, law, and contracts.
Dr. Yoder was Director of the WRC from 2014 through June 2026. He has contributed to research on water pricing, economic analysis of water law, water markets, economic aspects of large environmental systems modeling efforts, benefit-cost analysis of water projects and water recreation, water quality impacts of livestock waste, and more. He has a BA in Biology, a MS in Applied Economics, and a PhD in Economics.
Dr. Yoder has been President of the Universities Council on Water Resources, was a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institutes of Water Resources, is a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and has served in numerous other editorial and service positions.
Research
- Technology for Trade: New Tools and New Rules for Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture and Beyond Project Summary
- Skagit Basin Water Supply and Demand Analysis
- Columbia River Basin 2021 Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast
- Climate Change and Stream Flow: Barriers and Opportunities
- Skagit Basin Supply and Demand Synthesis
- 2021 Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply & Demand Forecast
- Water Markets for the Yakima Basin: Researching and Developing Strategies for Multi-Benefit Markets
- Streamflow Restoration Technical Guidance in support of RCW 90.94
- WRC helps develop Egyptian Center of Excellence for Water Resilience
- Potential Groundwater Availability at the Hanford Site
- NSF Innovations in Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS)
- Skagit Basin Water Mitigation Feasibility Assessment Study
- Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast, 2016 Legislative Report
- Benefit-Cost Analysis of Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Projects
- An Integrated Engineering and Economic Analysis of the Columbia River Treaty Renegotiation using Game Theory
- Columbia River Basin Long-Term Supply and Demand Forecast, 2011 Legislative Report
Activities and Products
- Climate Change and Stream Flow: Barriers and Opportunities
- Washington Water Management Survey
- Coevolution of technology and law for water management in Washington State and beyond
- Technology for Trade: New tools and new rules for improved water use in agriculture and beyond (presentation)
- On the Frontier of Water Rights: Beneficial Use and Relinquishment in Settling the Columbia River Basin (presentation)
- Alexandria Water Resilience Center of Excellence Kickoff Workshop
- Technology for Trade: New Tools and New Rules for Water Use Efficiency in Ag and Beyond (Presentation)
- Technology for trade: new tools and rules to improve water use in agriculture and beyond (poster)
- Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast, 2016 Legislative Report
- Criticism and response about the WRC study: Exchange between Malloch & Garrity and Yoder
- Water Markets and Storage — Substitutes or Complements for Drought Risk Mitigation?