Aurora Gareiss wrote a letter to friends and members of her committee informing them that the Udalls Cove Wildlife Sanctuary acquisitions were finally continuing again.Letter, Letter from Aurora Gareiss to Members and Friends, Udalls Cove Preservation Committee Inc., Spring 1982, Memory Book Box 550, Folder 35, Coll. G-15, Aurora Gareiss Papers, 1981-1983 (Bulk 1964-1994), Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library. She also mentioned how the Committee members and the State Northeastern Queens Nature and Historical Preserve Commission were working with the State to ensure that all necessary properties to preserve the Cove in its present state of health were acquired. Gareiss and her colleagues wished to avoid alteration caused in filling or construction. This would have caused irreversible sedimentation and pollution to the Cove and Little Neck Bay.
