The New Directions volume (Birnbaum, Matthew and Per Mickwitz (ed.) 2009: Environmental Program and Policy Evaluation: Addressing Methodological Challenges, New Directions for Evaluation 123) is reviewed from the perspective of topics covered, concept of evaluand and the likely utility of the issue for the evaluation field and for those who undertake or commission evaluations in environmental and resource settings. #Evaluation2009 #EnvironmentalProgramEvaluation #2009Conference