A Forest Service supervisor sent to manage timber sales in the North Carolina mountains contends with logging disputes, timber thieves, contract wrangling, and a long-standing local feud. The narrative follows his work to organize bids, investigate illicit operations such as hidden stills, rescue townspeople, and cooperate with law enforcement while facing attempts at arson and violent confrontations. Episodes alternate practical forest-management challenges with tense personal encounters among rival families and opportunists, and the protagonist’s steady enforcement and negotiation gradually bring the community’s conflicts toward resolution.