The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge called Linda Lanoue’s name from the Workamper News Hotline. She and her husband Fred had spent a couple of winters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and had visited the refuge many times. “But we weren't looking for jobs in the winter of 2007,” Linda says. “I hadn't even been reading the Hotline, but that particular day, the ad for volunteers at Santa Ana got my attention.