The Tanana district office is one of the largest Cooperative Extension districts geographically in the United States covering an area over 120,000 square miles with a current population of approximately 100,000 distributed in sixty-four Native villages and the Fairbanks North Star borough. Much of the district is inaccessible by road.

The Tanana district clientele is very diverse including 4-H leaders, youth groups, homeowners, homemaker clubs, private and commercial horticulture, agriculture, local government, military personnel, subsistence families, cooperating agencies, and the general public.