TOLEDO, Ohio — Two Ohio lawmakers who criticized Gov. John Kasich’s proposed farm regulations to combat Lake Erie’s harmful algae blooms will lead a panel of legislators studying the lake’s long-term health.

The legislature’s Republican leadership began setting up the panel after Kasich issued an executive order calling for a more aggressive approach to limit the farm fertilizer and manure that feeds persistent toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.

Top Republicans in the legislature complained they weren’t given a chance to play a role in developing such a major policy — a charge that fellow Republican Kasich denied.