This Week at Interior March 4, 2022

 

US Dept. of the Interior: This Week at Interior March 4, 2022

This Week: 

• President Biden outlines the challenges and opportunities facing the nation in his first State of the Union Address; 
• Secretary Haaland shares a photo at the State of the Union that captures the diversity of the President's Cabinet; 
• the Secretary travels to Connecticut to highlight the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's investment in Tribal communities; 
• the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore lease sale makes history in the New York Bight;
• Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland completes a four-day visit to New Mexico and Arizona; 
• a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey predicts sea levels along U.S. coastlines could rise as much as a foot over the next 30 years; 
• the National Park Service announces its prediction for the return of Washington D.C.'s world-famous cherry blossoms; 
• this week we mark not one, not two but three notable anniversaries; 
• and we take you to Assateague Island for our social media Picture of the Week! 

POP QUIZ

• USCIS 100:13. Name one branch or part of the government.
• USCIS 100:14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
• USCIS 100:15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
• USCIS 100:16. Who makes federal laws?
• USCIS 100:17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
• USCIS 100:28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
• USCIS 100:29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
• USCIS 100:35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
• USCIS 100:36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
• USCIS 100:37. What does the judicial branch do?
• USCIS 100:38. What is the highest court in the United States?
• USCIS 100:64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
• USCIS 100:87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
• USCIS 100:93. Name one state that borders Mexico
• USCIS 100:94. What is the capital of the United States?*