Texas A&M University helps safeguard Parrie Haynes Ranch.

School of Architecture

Texas A&M University’s Texas Target Communities (TxTC) program has partnered with Parrie Haynes Ranch to develop conservation and design strategies that could safeguard the historic 4,500-acre property from urban development and secure its future as a state park. Throughout the fall 2025 semester, third-year Texas A&M landscape architecture students, led by Dr. Sungmin Lee, Dr. Boqian Xu, and Jingxi Peng, will develop ecological design concepts that balance preservation with public access. The…