Roger Straw has been leading service trips for the Southeast Subcommittee for over 20 years and has assisted on the Antietam trip for over five years. Other trips have included trail maintenance in the Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico; vegetation removal in St. John National Park, US Virgin Islands; and working with the Pine Mountain Trail Conference on a section of a new long-distance trail on the Kentucky-Virginia border that will serve as an alternative to the Appalachian Trail. His interests also include hiking, canoeing, gardening, and furniture making.