Consolidating Financial Statements (Balance Sheet Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 314,180	$ 349,463	$ 344,184	$ 74,964
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	108,302	82,640
Inventory	109,029	110,035
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	1,755	21,734
Prepaid and other current assets	72,020	45,314
Total current assets	605,286	609,186
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	1,129,306	1,137,931
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	408,369	385,304
Investment in Joint Venture	77,469	68,483
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	141,357	162,749
Total Assets	2,361,787	2,363,653
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	67,143	57,985
Current maturities of long-term debt	116,167	93,057
Accrued taxes	18,359	10,337
Uncertain tax positions	16,430	430
Accrued payroll and benefits	21,709	25,466
Accrued interest	6,640	6,206
Accrued customer incentives	8,707	9,759
Other current liabilities	36,050	30,208
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	11,625	11,500
Total current liabilities	302,830	244,948
LONG-TERM DEBT	581,297	675,103
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	76,928	81,660
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	65,137	66,335
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	32,616	44,025
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL LIABILITIES	1,058,808	1,112,071
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,302,979	1,251,582		1,146,206
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	2,361,787	2,363,653
Parent Company [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	0	0
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	0	0
Investment in Joint Venture	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	1,302,979	1,251,582
Other assets	0	0
Total Assets	1,302,979	1,251,582
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	0	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL LIABILITIES	0	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,302,979	1,251,582
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,302,979	1,251,582
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	45,727	29,759	41,277	2,895
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	42	1
Inventory	0	0
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	1,755	1,750
Prepaid and other current assets	1,404	1,273
Total current assets	48,928	32,783
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	245	0
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	2,551	2,819
Investment in Joint Venture	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	1,431,789	1,392,465
Other assets	26,945	26,642
Total Assets	1,510,458	1,454,709
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	1,288	823
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	9	0
Uncertain tax positions	430	430
Accrued payroll and benefits	10,080	13,507
Accrued interest	145	12
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	1,479	2,178
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	13,431	16,950
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	64,076	63,759
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	19,268	19,811
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	110,704	102,607
TOTAL LIABILITIES	207,479	203,127
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,302,979	1,251,582
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,510,458	1,454,709
Issuer Entity [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	232,333	283,258	254,093	67,494
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	0	0
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	815	842
Total current assets	233,148	284,100
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	0	0
Investment in Joint Venture	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	1,027,229	987,381
Other assets	8,087	9,351
Total Assets	1,268,464	1,280,832
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	42	20
Current maturities of long-term debt	116,167	93,057
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	5,464	5,591
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	121,673	98,668
LONG-TERM DEBT	581,297	675,103
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL LIABILITIES	702,970	773,771
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	565,494	507,061
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,268,464	1,280,832
Non-guarantor Subsidiary Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	11,745	1,280	0	2,228
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	105,978	81,288
Inventory	123,050	123,432
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	0	19,984
Prepaid and other current assets	65,777	38,697
Total current assets	306,550	264,681
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	38,079	37,398
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	404,102	380,577
Investment in Joint Venture	(12,290)	(12,282)
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	647,435	664,664
Total Assets	1,383,876	1,335,038
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	64,541	55,052
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	13,809	8,283
Uncertain tax positions	16,000	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	9,981	9,590
Accrued interest	1,031	603
Accrued customer incentives	8,707	9,759
Other current liabilities	20,048	20,071
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	11,625	11,500
Total current liabilities	145,742	114,858
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	76,928	81,660
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	1,061	2,576
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	12,717	23,552
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	120,199	125,011
TOTAL LIABILITIES	356,647	347,657
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,027,229	987,381
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,383,876	1,335,038
Non-guarantor Subsidiary All Other Subsidiaries [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	24,375	35,166	48,814	2,347
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	2,282	1,351
Inventory	0	0
Intercompany interest receivable	4,225	4,320
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	4,024	4,502
Total current assets	34,906	45,339
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	1,089,122	1,098,870
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	1,716	1,711
Investment in Joint Venture	89,759	80,765
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	6,328	13,153
Total Assets	1,221,831	1,239,838
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	1,272	2,090
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	4,541	2,054
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	1,648	2,369
Accrued interest	0	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	14,523	7,959
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	21,984	14,472
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	631	662
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	(7,099)	(3,751)
TOTAL LIABILITIES	15,516	11,383
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,206,315	1,228,455
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,221,831	1,239,838
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	(14,021)	(13,397)
Intercompany interest receivable	(4,225)	(4,320)
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(18,246)	(17,717)
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	1,860	1,663
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	0	197
Investment in Joint Venture	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	(3,761,997)	(3,631,428)
Other assets	(547,438)	(551,061)
Total Assets	(4,325,821)	(4,198,346)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	0	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	(223,804)	(223,867)
TOTAL LIABILITIES	(223,804)	(223,867)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	(4,102,017)	(3,974,479)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ (4,325,821)	$ (4,198,346)