A federal court in Anchorage has dismissed a case filed last year by an Alaska sawmill seeking to force the Forest Service to increase logging in the Tongass National Forest. …Log sales have slowed to a trickle in the forest that covers most of southeast Alaska, endangering the region’s remaining logging and lumber operations, Viking Lumber and its co-plaintiffs… said that without additional sales from the Tongass, it would run out of logs to saw. Without more it would have to close the mill it operates on remote Prince of Wales Island, where the biggest town, Craig, has about 1,000 residents and few other options for jobs. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins had been supportive of Viking… but in court her department argued successfully that a 2016 management plan for Tongass merely mapped out goals and doesn’t bind the Forest Service to offer specific quantities or types of timber for sale, contrary to Viking’s claims. [to access the full story a WSJ subscription is required]