Around Annapolis: Summer service

As they cut through the dense growth, the young campers could be heard whispering among themselves. One asked "Are animals in here, like bears?" Another piped up, "The only thing I'm afraid of are snakes."

The group wasn't exploring a jungle in a remote part of the world or the Amazon rainforest. They were in a rain garden only a few miles from where many of them live in Annapolis.

The 30 campers from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County were on an expedition at the Chesapeake Ecology Center on the grounds of the J. Albert Adams Academy at Adams Park on Clay...