Kaito, Sean 2011 Journal May 26 Chinol and Palo Nijo Hydroelectric area, Quiche, Guatemala. We had to wait a while for a truck this morning, then we drove to Uspantan to make + send lists for export permits. We then took a very good new road that leaves from Cabante (~4km N Uspantan) and goes to La Gloria in the Zona Ruina. We passed Finca San Francisco, which had great looking bromians amongst many hectares of coffee, but which was guarded by somewhat menacing ex-military men. We arrived at the massive Palo Nijo hydroelectric dam, which is about a year from completion. Right after the dam, the road goes through apparently untouched primary forest: lots of big trees w/ understory of palms, arizas, tons of bromeliads + many logs. We opened about 45 huge bromeliads w/ spiny leaf edges and cl opened many smaller ones, but they had lots of water. Looked in logs + leaf litter from 13:35-15:35; Carlos got an Arisiga and no one else found anything. We went a few km further and could see that the road goes down through great-looking forest, but we needed to get back to Uspantan before the gas station closed. This area seems like it has great potential for some important species, including those from similar elevations in Huehue (like B. jacksoni, Phyllostomus, etc.). It rained quite a bit on the way back, and we were told that it rained hard + hailed in Jay Chinol. After dinner, we went to search in the Chinol forest where the mammal traps were from 21:15- 23:30. cl got a B. lineri + 3 B. hartwegi, all on leaves (2 of which were on plants growing on logs 2-3m off the ground) while Carlos + Ricardo get 2 B. lineri + 4 B. hartwegi. The forest was very wet and it rained lightly for a few minutes and was misty the rest of the time.