{{short description|American environmentalist}} {{Infobox person |name = Adam Kolton |birth_name = Adam Michael Kolton |birth_date = {{birth date|1968|02|20}} |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|04|26|1968|02|20}} |occupation = Environmentalist |spouse = {{marriage|Laura Hopkins Geer|2001}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/style/weddings-laura-geer-adam-kolton.html|title=WEDDINGS; Laura Geer, Adam Kolton|work=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2001|access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref> |alma_mater = University of Wisconsin }}
'''Adam Michael Kolton''' (February 20, 1968 – April 26, 2021) was an American environmentalist. He was known for defending the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge against oil and gas drilling.
== Life and career == Kolton was born in Chicago. He attended the University of Wisconsin, earning his bachelor's degree in history and journalism in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/adam-kolton-dead/2021/04/30/ae5296e6-a927-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html|title=Adam Kolton, who helped fend off development in Alaska's wild places, dies at 53|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Juliet|last=Eilperin|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
Kolton was executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/676285428/|title=Plan finalized to open Arctic refuge to drilling|work=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma, Washington|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2024|page=A2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/993233581/|title=U.S. holds first lease sale for Alaska's Arctic refuge|work=The News-Enterprise|location=Elizabethtown, Kentucky|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=May 31, 2024|page=A7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> from 2017 to 2021.
Kolton died on April 26,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/adam-kolton-dead.html|title=Adam Kolton, 53, Dies; Led Fight to Protect Alaskan Refuge|first=Henry|last=Fountain|work=The New York Times|date=May 3, 2021|access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref> 2022, at the age of 53.
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