101.   The public-private arrangement also appeals to budget-minded park officials.

102.   The surety companies, however, have resisted taking on the projects, arguing that city parks officials have failed to justify firing contractors.

103.   The trapping will begin near Gardiner, Mont., when the animals begin to move out of Yellowstone, which park officials said could be any day.

104.   The vulnerability of surrounding private land caused park officials to seek the designation.

105.   There is no evidence that wild bison pass the disease on to cattle, and park officials have maintained for years that the state is overreacting.

106.   They even contacted White House sources, who asked park officials to keep looking even longer than they normally would.

107.   They notified park officials of the mishap.

108.   This is the first summer that a decade of budget cuts and anemic financing will finally be felt by most visitors, park officials say.

109.   This fall, park officials plan to release a draft park management plan.

110.   To relieve overcrowding, park officials are urging visitors to plan their visits well in advance and to avoid peak summer-visitation periods.