INVENTORIES Inventories (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory [Line Items]
Total	$ 368	$ 325
Logs
Inventory [Line Items]
LIFO inventories	8	5
FIFO or moving average cost inventories	27	36
Lumber, plywood and panels
Inventory [Line Items]
LIFO inventories	48	48
Lumber, plywood, panels and engineered wood products
Inventory [Line Items]
FIFO or moving average cost inventories	83	75
Other products
Inventory [Line Items]
LIFO inventories	14	11
FIFO or moving average cost inventories	104	84
Materials and supplies
Inventory [Line Items]
FIFO or moving average cost inventories	$ 84	$ 66