Good Neighbor Award Surprises Recipient At Ag Day Dinner
Author: Nancy Marks, MT43 News reporter
Good Neighbor Award Surprises Recipient at Ag Day Dinner
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Phil Knaub looked surprised when Conservation District President Dallas Diehl called him to the podium at the annual Ag Day Dinner Saturday night. After listening to a litany of outstanding service to his Forest Service job and his community, Knaub walked away with the 2025 Good Neighbor Award.
A 28-year veteran of the Forest Service, Knaub has assisted with many fires in the county, in Montana and across the United States. He helped coordinate cleanup work after Hurricane Helene and as an Incident Command team member at the Ashville, North Carolina hurricane and flood. He has restored thousands of acres of grass and shrublands in the Elkhorns working with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and other partners and helped build a SharePoint website for Forest districts to use during emergencies. He also was on the recovery team for the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster. “During his 18 and a half years with Townsend Rotary Phil has transformed his knowledge into practical, meaningful solutions, made evident through his work but probably best known around here as logistical coordinator for Fall Fest, and for “Phil’s Forest” on Broadway for the Christmas Stroll,” Diehl said.
Diehl presented Knaub with a Good Neighbor plaque and said “Phil, thank you for your outstanding contributions to preserving and protecting our national forests and your steadfast service to the people of Broadwater County, of Montana and the USA.”
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Image 1 Caption: Phil Knaub, right, accepts the Good Neighbor Award from District Conservation Board President Dallas Diehl.
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