Staff
John A. JakschPacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Dr. Jaksch has 30 years experience working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Battelle, Pacific Northwest Division. A major portion of his career has focused on developing market and non-regulatory incentives to meet environmental objectives. Examples of the types of projects Dr. Jaksch worked on at EPA included air emissions trading, water effluent trading, wetlands mitigation banking and pesticide registration fees, among others.
Since joining Battelle, Dr. Jaksch has continued his professional interests on incentives. He has provided financial and policy analysis support on two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) privatization initiatives. Dr. Jaksch has also become involved in environmental issues associated with agriculture in Washington State, especially water quality and quantity issues in the Yakima River Basin of south-central Washington. Dr. Jaksch has evaluated using cottonwood hybrids to utilize nutrients in agriculture nonpoint source runoff and then selectively harvesting the trees for wood fiber - a self-financing best management practice. He is currently assisting in the commercialization of a Battelle technology that increases the treatment efficiencies of dairy waste lagoons. Dr. Jaksch just recently completed a project for the National Academy of Public Administration (Washington, D.C.) evaluating air, water and wetland mitigation trading systems.
Dr. Jaksch also has personal ties to Pacific Northwest agriculture. He grew up on a diary farm and currently owns and manages cherry orchard in Kennewick, Washington. He was appointed to the Benton County (Washington) Water Conservancy Board by the county commissioners, where he serves as vice-president. The purpose of the board is to serve as a market body for water transfer (through sale or lease) in Benton County. The Board supports and operates under the auspices of Washington State's Department of Ecology.