‘We’re dwindling like the salmon’: the Indigenous nations fighting for water rights

In California's Bay-Delta, civil rights are inextricable from water rights, a coalition says - and a way of life is on the line

In the Bay-Delta, the watershed formed by the two mighty rivers at the heart of California's water system - the Sacramento and the San Joaquin - signs of worsening climate conditions intensify year after year.

Once abundant species of plants and animals that call these spaces home are disappearing. Flourishing toxic algal blooms threaten the health of the rivers and the people who live near them. As temperatures surge, there's even less water to go around.