A California man was missing after a raft flipped while running American Creek in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. While the 72-year-old had extensive experience rafting in Alaska, he was not wearing a personal flotation device at the time, according to a park release.

You may never get to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but that doesn't mean you can't know the bears that wander around there. The park staff has made it easy for you to both know the bears and some of their habits.

Katmai National Park and Preserve is located in southwest Alaska, at the base of the Alaska Peninsula. The park was originally established as a national monument in 1918 to preserve the landscape associated with the 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which turned out to be the largest eruption in the world during the 20th century

While the majority of us and our cameras visit a national park to capture The Big Picture, it's often the smaller things we should remember to photograph in order to flesh out our national park photographic story. Contributing photographer and writer Rebecca Latson explains why these little things are important contributors to The Big Picture and how you can capture great shots of those little things using one or more techniques she details in this month's article.