Green Migration into Rural America: The New Frontier of Environmentalism?

I ~ I U J J help ex-plain rising leilels qf support ,for environnzentul values in n ~ a n j ~ rural areus. In purricular, it ussesses cr tvorlel of "green t77igrarioi1" that a.s.sztn~es [hut doi~zestic in-migrution, i+lit/i its impacts on the character atzrl corliposirion of rural i.or?it?izinifirs, is one of the reasons ctii~irotzn~ei~tal v lues ma?, be gmiiiing .support in rural Anzerica. Results based on survey data obtained ,froin two groups of rural rc,sident.s qf souflzern Appalacl~ia lend support to the model. A n1ajorit.y qf the inniigranrs to the regioii canze because of its environnietzt, and protecting envirotlmental values renzained a high priority. In-migrants are a bit more know~ledgeable about environmental issues, niorc cor~cerned about the erz~~irorzment, place higher priority on ei~vironmenral protection, and are twore engaged in activities that