NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Narrative (Details)						6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2021 USD ($) a	Oct. 05, 2021 USD ($) a	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) a	Jul. 21, 2021 USD ($)	May 08, 2020 a fund	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) a transaction	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fund II carried interest incentive fee							$ 3,807,000	$ 0	$ 0
Other operating income (expense), net							14,084,000	(21,685,000)	(4,533,000)
Fund II Timberland Dispositions
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Gain on sale of properties							$ 51,522,000	$ 0	$ 0
Merger with Pope Resources
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Number of timber funds acquired | fund					3
Merger with Pope Resources | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of timber funds acquired | fund					3
Matariki Forestry Group
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Acres of timberland owned | a						419,000	419,000
ORM Timber Funds | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price						$ 156,800,000	$ 156,800,000
Gain on sale of properties							51,500,000
Number of separate transactions | transaction						3
ORM Timber Funds | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions, Washington | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of land | a			13,000
Aggregate purchase price			$ 87,100,000
Gain on sale of properties			$ 35,900,000
ORM Timber Funds | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions, Oregon | Timber Funds
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Area of land | a		5,000
Aggregate purchase price		$ 37,200,000
Gain on sale of properties		$ 11,000,000
ORM Timber Funds | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions, Oregon, Second Disposition | Timber Funds
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Area of land | a	13,000
Aggregate purchase price	$ 32,500,000
Gain on sale of properties	$ 4,600,000
ORM Timber Funds | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of land | a					141,000
ORM Timber Funds | Rayonier | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Gain on sale of properties							$ (10,300,000)
Ferncliff Investors | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
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Number of acres to be developed | a							5
Rayonier | Matariki Forestry Group
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Ownership percentage by parent						77.00%	77.00%
Rayonier New Zealand Subsidiary | Matariki Forestry Group
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Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners						23.00%	23.00%
ORM Timber Fund II | ORM Timber Funds | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership interest					20.00%		20.00%
Percent return						8.00%	8.00%
Capital balance after sufficient distributions						$ 0	$ 0
Percent entitled from further distributions						20.00%	20.00%
Fund II carried interest incentive fee							$ 3,800,000
ORM Timber Fund II | ORM Timber Funds | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund II Timberland Dispositions | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price						$ 156,800,000	$ 156,800,000
Number of separate transactions | transaction						3
ORM Timber Fund III | ORM Timber Funds | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
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Ownership interest					5.00%		5.00%
ORM Timber Fund IV | ORM Timber Funds | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
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Ownership interest					15.00%		15.00%
Ferncliff Investors | Ferncliff Management
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Ownership interest owned by limited partners							33.33%
Bainbridge Landing LLC | Ferncliff Investors
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Ownership interest owned by limited partners							50.00%
ORM Timber Fund III And IV | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund III And IV Timberland Dispositions | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price				$ 35,900,000
Other operating income (expense), net				3,700,000
ORM Timber Fund III And IV | ORM Timber Funds | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Fund III And IV Timberland Dispositions | Timber Funds
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price				$ 35,900,000