Joint Venture Investment Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Apr. 04, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012 M	Dec. 31, 2013 acre	Jun. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of acquisition	Apr. 04, 2013
Percentage of voting interests acquired	39.00%
Name of acquired entity	Matariki Forestry Group
Acres of timberland owned			2,500,000
Description of acquired entity	a New Zealand JV that owns or leases approximately 0.3 million acres of New Zealand timberlands
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage by parent	65.00%				65.00%
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	35.00%				35.00%
Purchase price	$ 139,879,000
Contingent consideration liability	3,300,000
Gain on business combination purchase price forward currency contract, net	1,700,000
Contingent consideration description	The contingent consideration arrangement required the Company to pay additional consideration to the New Zealand JV’s selling (former) shareholders equal to a multiple of the increase in log prices for a six month period beginning in November 2012.
Contingent consideration, period reviewed		6
Contingent consideration arrangements basis for amount	Fair value was determined using an average of the cost and freight (CFR) selling price of China A-grade 3.8 meter logs.
Contingent consideration amount of settlement				3,300,000
Step acquisition percentage equity interest in acquiree	26.00%		26.00%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Description	The additional 39 percent interest acquired resulted in the Company obtaining a controlling financial interest in the New Zealand JV and accordingly, the purchase was accounted for as a step-acquisition. Upon consolidation, the Company recognized a $10.1 million deferred gain, which resulted from the original sale of its New Zealand operations to the joint venture in 2005 and a $6 million benefit due to the required fair market value remeasurement of the Company’s equity interest in the New Zealand JV held before the purchase of the additional interest.
Step acquisition equity interest in acquiree remeasurement Gain financial statement caption	“Gain related to consolidation of New Zealand joint venture”
Step acquisition equity interest in acquiree, fair value	93,253,000
Forest Resources [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of acquisition	Apr. 04, 2013
Percentage of voting interests acquired	39.00%
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage by parent	65.00%
Recognition of deferred gain on original sale of operations [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Step Acquisition equity interest in acquiree remeasurement gain, net	10,100,000
Gain on fair market value revaluation of equity interest [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Step Acquisition equity interest in acquiree remeasurement gain, net	$ 6,000,000
Matariki Forestry Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acres of timberland owned	300,000
Matariki Forestry Group [Member] | Forest Resources [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acres of timberland owned	300,000