Consolidating Financial Statements (Balance Sheet Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 362,285	$ 349,463	$ 405,665	$ 74,964
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	106,937	82,640
Inventory	114,114	110,035
Intercompany interest receivable		0
Income tax receivable	1,624	21,734
Prepaid and other current assets	63,458	45,314
Total current assets	648,418	609,186
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	1,192,356	1,137,931
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	420,608	385,304
Investment in Joint Venture	80,281	68,483
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	153,058	162,749
Total Assets	2,494,721	2,363,653
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	68,495	57,985
Current maturities of long-term debt	116,167	93,057
Accrued taxes	22,894	10,337
Accrued payroll and benefits	24,719	25,466
Accrued interest	11,942	6,206
Accrued customer incentives	9,265	9,759
Other current liabilities	35,637	30,638
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	11,090	11,500
Total current liabilities	300,209	244,948
LONG-TERM DEBT	658,464	675,103
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	75,213	81,660
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	65,512	66,335
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	27,292	44,025
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL LIABILITIES	1,126,690	1,112,071
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,368,031	1,251,582		1,146,206
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	2,494,721	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	1,368,031	1,251,582
Other assets	0	0
Total Assets	1,368,031	1,251,582
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	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	1,368,031	1,251,582
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,368,031	1,251,582
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	42,375	29,759	39,334	2,895
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	1
Inventory	76	0
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	1,624	1,750
Prepaid and other current assets	1,222	1,273
Total current assets	45,297	32,783
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	23	0
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	2,418	2,819
Investment in Joint Venture	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	1,577,960	1,392,465
Other assets	27,555	26,642
Total Assets	1,653,253	1,454,709
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	785	823
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	13	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	12,761	13,507
Accrued interest	278	12
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	1,656	2,608
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	15,493	16,950
LONG-TERM DEBT	75,000	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	64,522	63,759
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	19,626	19,811
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	110,581	102,607
TOTAL LIABILITIES	285,222	203,127
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,368,031	1,251,582
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,653,253	1,454,709
Issuer Entity [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	276,435	283,258	301,588	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	816	842
Total current assets	277,251	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	1,059,932	987,381
Other assets	7,285	9,351
Total Assets	1,344,468	1,280,832
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	22	20
Current maturities of long-term debt	116,167	93,057
Accrued taxes	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	10,773	5,591
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	126,962	98,668
LONG-TERM DEBT	583,464	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	710,426	773,771
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	634,042	507,061
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,344,468	1,280,832
Non-guarantor Subsidiary Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	10,274	1,280	2,701	2,228
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	105,707	81,288
Inventory	128,716	123,432
Intercompany interest receivable	0	0
Income tax receivable	0	19,984
Prepaid and other current assets	51,314	38,697
Total current assets	296,011	264,681
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	38,422	37,398
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	416,441	380,577
Investment in Joint Venture	(11,356)	(12,282)
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	656,407	664,664
Total Assets	1,395,925	1,335,038
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	64,746	55,052
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	16,572	8,283
Accrued payroll and benefits	9,761	9,590
Accrued interest	891	603
Accrued customer incentives	9,265	9,759
Other current liabilities	19,730	20,071
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	11,090	11,500
Total current liabilities	132,055	114,858
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	75,213	81,660
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	990	2,576
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	7,035	23,552
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	120,700	125,011
TOTAL LIABILITIES	335,993	347,657
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,059,932	987,381
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,395,925	1,335,038
Non-guarantor Subsidiary All Other Subsidiaries [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	33,201	35,166	62,042	2,347
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	1,230	1,351
Inventory	0	0
Intercompany interest receivable	4,257	4,320
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	10,106	4,502
Total current assets	48,794	45,339
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	1,152,051	1,098,870
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	1,749	1,711
Investment in Joint Venture	91,637	80,765
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	6,741	13,153
Total Assets	1,300,972	1,239,838
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	2,942	2,090
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	6,309	2,054
Accrued payroll and benefits	2,197	2,369
Accrued interest	0	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	14,251	7,959
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	25,699	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	(7,440)	(3,751)
TOTAL LIABILITIES	18,890	11,383
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,282,082	1,228,455
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	1,300,972	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	(14,678)	(13,397)
Intercompany interest receivable	(4,257)	(4,320)
Income tax receivable	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	(18,935)	(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	(4,005,923)	(3,631,428)
Other assets	(544,930)	(551,061)
Total Assets	(4,567,928)	(4,198,346)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	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	(223,841)	(223,867)
TOTAL LIABILITIES	(223,841)	(223,867)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	(4,344,087)	(3,974,479)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ (4,567,928)	$ (4,198,346)