[SunkenCiv]

Maya irrigation canals at "Birds of Paradise" site in northwest Belize. -- S. Luzzadder-Beach

[La Lydia]

Had they been in the United States and tried doing that, they would have been fined millions of dollars under the Clean Water Act.

[IronJack]

When Mayan barbarians drain swamps for productive use, they’re “an advanced civilation. When Americans do the same thing, we’re planet-raping imperialists.

How far does the liberal yardstick bend?

[sport]

And the environmentalists are converting farmland into wetland, actually wasteland. The hell with food, they believe that they will be able to import theirs. It is the sheep who will starve. The sheep? They are shouting Whee,Whee all the way home[ to the camps].

[colorado tanker]

It has long been suspected that the Maya relied heavily on agriculture. In the 1970s, researchers began characterizing the remains of elaborate irrigation canals found in wetland areas. But it has not been clear how widespread these canals were or whether the use of wetlands for farming was an important part of the Maya agricultural system...

Well, yeah, somebody had to be growing a whole lotta food to support those cities.