What role does the bald eagle play in the environment?

The bald eagle does an important job that keeps the food chain intact. It protects overpopulation in ponds and river areas. If bald eagles die out, then the mice, rabbits, fish, and other things that the bald eagle eats will become overpopulated. Then they will eat the producers faster than they can grow, until there won't be any plants left. Once that happens, the mice and rabbits will die out because they have no food. Then anything that eats those will die out because they have no food, until the whole ecosystem is out of whack.