DEBT Narrative (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 07, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jul. 07, 2014 April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member]	Jul. 06, 2014 April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Credit Agreement due 2019 [Member]	Jul. 07, 2014 Term Credit Agreement due 2019 [Member]	Jul. 06, 2014 Term Credit Agreement due 2019 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Credit Agreement due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Secured Mortgage Notes, Timberland Acquisition [Member]		Sep. 30, 2014 Noncontrolling interest shareholder loan at 0% interest rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 at a fixed interest rate of 4.50% [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Rayonier Advanced Materials Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Installment note due 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date															2015
Exchange period beginning date															Sep. 30, 2014
Exchange feature description															According to the indenture, in order for the notes to become exchangeable, the Company’s stock price must exceed 130 percent of the exchange price for 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days as of the last day of the quarter.
Percent of the exchange price the stock price must exceed															130.00%
Trading day threshold															20 days
Number of trading days for stock price															30 days
Face amount												$ 52,500,000.0	[1]		$ 172,500,000	$ 950,000,000
Proceeds from spinoff		906,200,000	0													906,000,000
Receipt of restricted cash reserved for dividends		0														75,000,000
Repayments of Debt									80,000,000	280,000,000	500,000,000	10,500,000		1,200,000			112,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				200,000,000	450,000,000		100,000,000	640,000,000
Write off of Capitalized Debt Cost	1,700,000
Remaining borrowing capacity										198,000,000	100,000,000
Net draws on working capital facility						1,300,000
Effect of exchange rate on New Zealand JV debt		$ 11,400,000

[1] The mortgage notes due in 2017 were recorded at a premium of $1.4 million as of September 30, 2014. Upon maturity, the liability will be $52.5 million.