Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income		$ 167,261	$ 34,501
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		83,685	85,784
Non-cash cost of land and improved development		10,111	9,532
Stock-based incentive compensation expense		3,894	3,522
Deferred income taxes		4,472	(4,745)
Non-cash adjustments to unrecognized tax benefit liability		0	135
Amortization of losses from pension and postretirement plans		1,881	2,818
Gain on sale of large disposition of timberlands		(101,325)	0
Other		(251)	2,336
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables		(3,897)	1,895
Inventories		(4,591)	(9,403)
Accounts payable		583	1,854
Income tax receivable/payable		(47)	(947)
All other operating activities		2,132	16,121
CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES		163,908	143,403
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures		(40,246)	(37,211)
Real estate development investments		(4,815)	(2,029)
Purchase of timberlands		(353,828)	(88,466)
Assets purchased in business acquisition		(1,113)	0
Net proceeds from large disposition of timberlands		126,965	0
Rayonier office building under construction		(3,933)	(369)
Change in restricted cash		22,430	(17,835)
Other		444	3,039
CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES		(254,096)	(142,871)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of debt		694,096	379,027
Repayment of debt		(454,419)	(300,871)
Dividends paid		(92,095)	(94,280)
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares		889	1,322
Repurchase of common shares made under share repurchase program		(690)	(73,621)
Debt issuance costs		(818)	(1,678)
Other		(139)	0
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) FINANCING ACTIVITIES		146,824	(90,101)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH		1,626	(6,234)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Change in cash and cash equivalents		58,262	(95,803)
Balance, beginning of year		51,777	161,558
Balance, end of period		110,039	65,755
Cash paid during the period:
Interest	[1]	23,540	21,944
Income taxes		495	421
Non-cash investing activity:
Capital assets purchased on account		4,376	1,945
Patronage refunds received, netted with interest paid		$ 400	$ 1,300

[1] Interest paid is presented net of patronage payments received of $0.4 million and $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. For additional information on patronage payments, see Note 5 — Debt in the 2015 Form 10-K.