Graduate teaching assistant Vanessa Hoffman of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and College of Forest Resources lecturer Don Jackson ready a boat for use in a limnology laboratory course at MSU's Chadwick Lake. Wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture majors Bradley Marler of Starkville and John Skinner of Gaffney, South Carolina, on the bank, are learning how to properly handle a boat, a necessary skill for hands-on learning of inland aquatic ecosystems.