OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - On Wednesday, Governor Stitt said that the state should get rid of the Department of Forestry, weeks after several deadly fires. "Why do we even have a department of forestry? Let's get rid of the whole thing. That would save $75 million dollars for the taxpayers," said Gov . Stitt. At Wednesday's presser, the governor was asked what evidence he had that the now-former State Forester, Mark Goeller, either didn't use or delayed firefighting resources. This comes a week after he announced the firing of Goeller. That came with a lot of blowback and dissenting voices from many fire departments and fire crews. Governor Stitt told News 4 in a statement earlier this week, “At the forestry director’s direction, firefighting resources were delayed, unused, or even called back during critical moments.” ‘Nothing was held back’: Former state forester speaks out after firing But Goeller disagreed and posted on Facebook that, "I have been falsely accused of not performing the duties necessary to protect life and property promptly. The Agency to which I dedicated over 40 years of my life was said to have performed poorly." On Wednesday, the governor once again had no evidence that Goeller delayed or didn't use firefighting resources. "I'll have to get back to you on that," said Gov. Stitt when asked for the evidence. He also announced that he wanted to look into cutting the Department of Forestry and said that it would save the taxpayers $75 million. However, the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry received $72 million last year for appropriations and has asked for around 40% less this year. That was asked, even though the Secretary of Agriculture, Blayne Arthur, told lawmakers that getting funding for firefighting resources is always a challenge. News 4 sent an email Wednesday morning and asked why the state is requesting so much less this year, even though funding for firefighting resources is a challenge. "And I think if all the resources were spent, we get it. There were just a lot of fires going on, but that wasn't the case," said Gov. Stitt on Wednesday. Stitt also vetoed Senate Bill 453, which had the potential to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters. "Furthermore, the fact that we can't get answers about where their assets were around the state is further proof that this is a deep-seated bureaucracy that are trying to protect their actions. We can't, we still haven't been able to figure out where they were during that thing. So they were there in Stillwater asking for more resources," said Stitt. The governor has had years to beef up the firefighting resources in the state, but when asked where the blame lies, he said he isn't blaming anyone. "I'm not blaming anyone. I'm questioning, and what I'm frustrated with, like most Oklahomans, is this was a time to save property and save lives. And if we didn't have all of our resources there on those fires, that's frustrating," said Stitt. The governor also said that he is putting a task force together to see what the state could've done better in response to the fires. ...read more read less