The Keystone Alliance (formerly Predator Conservation Alliance) fills an important, unique niche in the conservation community. The Alliance collects and uses the best scientific information (including their own field-based inventories) to determine each species' ecological condition, threats to their survival, and monitoring needs; shares the information with other conservation groups and public agencies to help guide and prioritize their monitoring and protection efforts; pursues all administrative, legal and public pressure avenues to secure adequate protections for predators and their habitats. The Alliance is building an informed and active constituency that supports its work of protecting predators and their habitats.