Consolidating Financial Statements (Income Statement Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	$ 357,397	$ 312,210	$ 715,127	$ 622,410
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	262,772	242,940	520,283	475,794
Selling and general expenses	15,992	15,172	32,425	32,139
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	709	(1,260)	(1,409)	(5,828)
Costs and Expenses, Total	279,473	256,852	551,299	502,105
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	1,149	986	2,823	531
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE	79,073	56,344	166,651	120,836
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture	0	0	0	12,367
OPERATING INCOME	79,073	56,344	166,651	133,203
Interest Expense	(12,628)	(12,250)	(25,945)	(24,736)
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	314	408	605	598
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	66,759	44,502	141,311	109,065
Income tax (expense) benefit	(10,305)	(5,944)	(26,446)	(13,554)
NET INCOME	56,454	38,558	114,865	95,511	217,586
Parent Company [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	0	0	0	0
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Selling and general expenses	0	0	0	0
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	0	0	0	0
Costs and Expenses, Total	0	0	0	0
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	0	0	0	0
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				0
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				0
OPERATING INCOME	0	0	0	0
Interest Expense	0	0	0	0
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	0	0	0	0
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	56,454	38,558	114,865	95,511
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	56,454	38,558	114,865	95,511
Income tax (expense) benefit	0	0	0	0
NET INCOME	56,454	38,558	114,865	95,511
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	0	0	0	0
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Selling and general expenses	2,215	2,856	4,931	4,856
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	36	24	85	20
Costs and Expenses, Total	2,251	2,880	5,016	4,876
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	0	0	0	0
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				(4,876)
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				0
OPERATING INCOME	(2,251)	(2,880)	(5,016)	(4,876)
Interest Expense	(261)	260	(391)	150
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	1,303	1,332	2,640	10,259
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	57,748	40,186	117,792	91,520
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	56,539	38,898	115,025	97,053
Income tax (expense) benefit	(85)	(340)	(160)	(1,542)
NET INCOME	56,454	38,558	114,865	95,511
Issuer Entity [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	0	0	0	0
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Selling and general expenses	0	0	0	0
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	0	0	0	0
Costs and Expenses, Total	0	0	0	0
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	0	0	0	0
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				0
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				0
OPERATING INCOME	0	0	0	0
Interest Expense	(12,161)	(12,656)	(25,211)	(24,960)
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	(1,117)	(1,040)	(2,191)	(2,289)
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	44,783	27,141	89,218	50,756
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	31,505	13,445	61,816	23,507
Income tax (expense) benefit	4,845	5,000	10,002	9,946
NET INCOME	36,350	18,445	71,818	33,453
Non-guarantor Subsidiary Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	330,812	294,765	659,077	579,333
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	251,107	240,382	495,404	474,223
Selling and general expenses	12,985	11,539	26,055	25,730
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	1,903	425	2,201	(1,635)
Costs and Expenses, Total	265,995	252,346	523,660	498,318
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	167	150	361	505
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				81,520
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				7,697
OPERATING INCOME	64,984	42,569	135,778	89,217
Interest Expense	(144)	175	(256)	153
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	(4,992)	(4,999)	(10,016)	(16,656)
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	59,848	37,745	125,506	72,714
Income tax (expense) benefit	(15,065)	(10,604)	(36,288)	(21,958)
NET INCOME	44,783	27,141	89,218	50,756
Non-guarantor Subsidiary All Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	43,589	33,410	86,421	134,868
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	30,257	23,712	58,254	65,882
Selling and general expenses	792	777	1,439	1,553
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	(1,230)	(1,709)	(3,694)	(4,213)
Costs and Expenses, Total	29,819	22,780	55,999	63,222
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	982	836	2,462	26
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				71,672
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				4,670
OPERATING INCOME	14,752	11,466	32,884	76,342
Interest Expense	(62)	(29)	(87)	(79)
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	5,120	5,115	10,172	9,284
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	19,810	16,552	42,969	85,547
Income tax (expense) benefit	0	0	0	0
NET INCOME	19,810	16,552	42,969	85,547
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Income Statement [Abstract]
SALES	(17,004)	(15,965)	(30,371)	(91,791)
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	(18,592)	(21,154)	(33,375)	(64,311)
Selling and general expenses	0	0	0	0
Other Operating Expense (Income), net	0	0	(1)	0
Costs and Expenses, Total	(18,592)	(21,154)	(33,376)	(64,311)
Equity in income (loss) of New Zealand joint venture	0	0	0	0
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE GAIN ON SALE OF A PORTION OF THE INTEREST IN THE NEW ZEALAND JOINT VENTURE				(27,480)
Gain on sale of a portion of the interest in the New Zealand joint venture				0
OPERATING INCOME	1,588	5,189	3,005	(27,480)
Interest Expense	0	0	0	0
Interest and miscellaneous income, net	0	0	0	0
Equity in Income from Subsidiaries	(158,985)	(105,885)	(321,875)	(237,787)
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(157,397)	(100,696)	(318,870)	(265,267)
Income tax (expense) benefit	0	0	0	0
NET INCOME	$ (157,397)	$ (100,696)	$ (318,870)	$ (265,267)