Conservationist Leslie Hyde passes away

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

January 3, 2018 Cooperative Extension

Leslie Colin Hyde, who helped establish the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, passed away Dec. 25. Hyde, who worked for UMaine Extension in Rockland, believed the future of conservation depends on the education of youth, according to his obituary. Most of Hyde’s focus was directed toward offering affordable camp experiences for Maine children. In 2005, learning that Blueberry Cove Camp in Tenants Harbor was for sale, Hyde was instrumental in helping create an arrangement in which the Tanglewood Board of Directors purchased the camp and the UMaine leased it, the obituary states. The full obituary is online.