Step 1. 
Selection of a site.  We are establishing a new station along the Cottonwood River near the town of Lamberton, MN.  The main criteria is to make sure that the station is out of the flood plain.  Unfortunately, we were limited by the length of cords of our equipment, so we did some quick thinking.

Step 2.
Because the whole area around the bridge is in the flood plain, we decided to drill some holes and....

Step 3.
...build a platform to place the sampling box on.

Step 4.
We attached the box to the platform, and now, the next step is setting up all the equipment and running the cords to the river.  

Step 5.
Tubing was run from the equipment in the platform, to the Cottonwood River, and attached to poles pounded into the river bottom.  This tubing will carry water from the river to the sampler bottles during a storm event.  The other cord is the transducer, which is attached to the pole (see above).  A transducer tracks flow throughout the sampling season. 

Step 6.
The finished product!! The Cottonwood River at Lamberton site, or PMC020, is now functioning, and collecting data.  In the middle of the structure up above, the tan circle object is the ISCO sampler, which is programmed to collect samples every four hours during a storm event.  The white box houses the computer, which stores the flow data.  Now, we just need a good rainfall.  Stay tuned!