As the summer heats up, so do the men of the mountain. Shelby heads deeper into the swamp, but the mission may cost him everything. Rygaard breaks in its greenhorns, while Jay Browning takes a gamble on a new yarder operator.

The forest fights back, as a careless mistake at Browning threatens to take out DJ and Cody.   At Pihl, Melvin and Leland face-off in a fight for the yarder seat, and down south, Jimmy's first dive may be his last.