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The USGS Coastal Ecosystems Response to Climate Change (CERCC) program uses a bottom-up local approach to assess the vulnerability of tidal wetland habitats from climate change. Our goal is to use detailed site data and analyses of elevation, inundation, tidal range, accretion, and plant communities to examine effects of climate change on these habitats. By collecting extensive field data, monitoring site conditions, and developing site-specific sea-level rise response models, our approach informs management decisions at a local level, but is applicable at a regional level.