. >> when southwestern's subsidiary, swn resources canada, or swin, as it's locally known, began exploring on land by the elsipogtog first nation the community started hearing about fracking, the process by which gas is extracted from shale rock beneath the ground by injecting water, nitrogen and chemicals. many were alarmed. >> without no consultation and people not knowing what's going on and just hearing that we know that shale gas is not good for the land and water, the protests started. it's been going on for three years now. >> the water or river was very very precious to us, as we were growing up. summertime we'd be staying there all summer. >> when i was a kid, i got to go swimming in the fresh water. now that i have my own kid, i want him to experience the same thing i experienced. i want my grandkids to experience that too. i don't want to have them have to worry about oh, well this water is contaminated because they're drilling fifty feet away. >> in early summer, as swn carried out seismic testing near the reserve, members of the mi'kmaq community set out to stop them. they set