Richard B. Russell Dam & Lake Area. On north-facing band of intermittent stream flowing east into the Savannah River; mesic; hardwood canopy; sheltered by steep slopes. Site 3, about 0.3mi south of the Ga. 72 bridge over the Savannah River. Below the 475ft contour (full pool for the proposed Russell Lake; impoundment of the Savannag River in the mid-1980s).