The Nature Conservancy has selected Point Reyes rancher David Evans to carry out the first round of targeted grazing on former ranchlands in the Point Reyes National Seashore. The move kicks off a new conservation grazing regime ushered in by the landmark settlement that ended most historic ranching in the park.

The conservancy announced on Friday that it had awarded Mr. Evans, a fourth-generation rancher on the peninsula, a contract covering roughly 2,000 acres of…