Walking Rhode Island

John Kostrzewa worked for 42 years in the newspaper industry, including the last 29 at The Providence Journal as a business reporter, columnist, business editor, and assistant managing editor. He retired from the Journal in 2017 and spent three years as an adjunct professor at Bryant University. 

Since launching a hiking column called “Walking Rhode Island” in The Providence Journal in 2021, he has written more than 200 columns. He recently published a compilation of his hikes into a book, Walking Rhode Island 40 hikes for Nature and History Lovers With Pictures, GPS Coordinates and Trail Maps.

His talk and slide show will include where he has hiked and what he has learned. He’ll share his observations about the history, geological features, vegetation and wildlife he has found along the trails.

A College of the Holy Cross graduate, Kostrzewa resides in Cranston with his wife Carol.