Sale of Wood Products Business Schedule of intercompany transactions eliminated (Details) (Wood Products business [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Wood Products business [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Wood chip purchases	$ 1,650	$ 12,526	$ 12,600
Saw timber procurement services	231	1,125	1,023
Total intercompany	$ 1,881	$ 13,651	$ 13,623

For a disposal group that is a component of the entity (discontinued operation), in the period in which the operations are initially classified as discontinued, the total amount of intercompany services that were previously eliminated in consolidation for periods before the disposal transaction (in situations where revenue and cost producing activities with the disposed component will continue after disposal).

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For a disposal group that is a component of the entity (discontinued operation), in the period in which the operations are initially classified as discontinued, the amounts of intercompany costs that were previously eliminated in consolidation for periods before the disposal transaction (in situations where revenue and cost producing activities with the disposed component will continue after disposal).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 6

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1518-107760

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For a disposal group that is a component of the entity (discontinued operation), in the period in which the operations are initially classified as discontinued, the amounts of intercompany revenue that were previously eliminated in consolidation for periods before the disposal transaction (in situations where revenue and cost producing activities with the disposed component will continue after disposal).

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