Don’t make plans to take a dip in the Potomac River any time soon. According to the Potomac River “Report Card,” a report released by the Potomac Conservancy every two years, the river’s health has stalled, neither improving nor declining. The “Nation’s River” earned its second consecutive “B” grade in the last two years, for a total of five Bs in the past decade.

The report shows a marked improvement from the river’s alarming “D” score in 2011. As a result of decades of work, “bald eagles soar, more wildlife habitat is protected, and people are flocking outside to picnic, paddle, hike, and connect to their hometown river,” the report says. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment levels are down, and “over 20% of the Potomac’s forest and farmland is now conserved,” with 245,000 acres protected

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