By Captain Tim | February 6, 2026 I’ve been getting a lot of calls lately. Not to book trips, but to ask if the Potomac River is “dead.” I’ve heard it called a “geyser of poop,” “vile,” and—most ridiculously—the “biggest ecological disaster in history.” If you’ve been following certain advocacy groups on social media, you probably think the river is…
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