The Weston Cemetery Prairie is a mesic tallgrass prairie remnant, described variously as being 5.61 acres (2.2 hectares)[1][2][3] or 3.2 acres (1.3 hectares)[4] in size, located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east of Weston, Illinois, an unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.
[6][7][8] This cemetery prairie is listed as a Category I site on the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory and is actively managed with periodic burns and exotic species control efforts.
[4][9] Weston Prairie is a surviving fragment from a parcel of land that was set aside by early residents in 1870 to serve as a township cemetery.
[10] The main 3.5-acre block (1.4 ha) of high-quality prairie is owned by Yates Township and managed by the ParkLands Foundation.
[14] Current management practices being implemented to protect the prairie habitat are prescribed burning and exotic species control.