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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | The (provision for)/benefit from income taxes consisted of the following:
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Current |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | $ | (26,893 | ) |  | $ | 973 |  |  | $ | (50,586 | )
State | (624 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (1,493 | )
Foreign | (342 | ) |  | (1,242 | ) |  | (517 | )
| (27,859 | ) |  | (281 | ) |  | (52,596 | )
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal | (2,079 | ) |  | (14,554 | ) |  | 4,829 |
State | (1,066 | ) |  | (1,283 | ) |  | 567 |
Foreign | (32 | ) |  | 69 |  |  | 839 |
| (3,177 | ) |  | (15,768 | ) |  | 6,235 |
Changes in valuation allowance | 679 |  |  | 832 |  |  | 25 |
Total | $ | (30,357 | ) |  | $ | (15,217 | ) |  | $ | (46,336 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the actual income tax rate was as follows:
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
REIT income not subject to federal tax |  | (10.4 | ) |  | (16.8 | ) |  | (13.0 | )
Income tax rate before non-routine items |  | 24.6 | % |  | 18.2 | % |  | 22.0 | %
Installment note prepayment |  | (3.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Built-in gains tax holiday |  | (1.9 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
CBPC |  | — |  |  | (10.5 | ) |  | — |
AFMC |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (13.3 | )
CBPC for AFMC exchange |  | (1.9 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Taxing authority settlements and unrecognized tax benefit adjustments |  | (5.3 | ) |  | (1.1 | ) |  | 4.6 |
Other |  | (1.9 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.4 | )
Income tax rate as reported |  | 9.9 | % |  | 6.5 | % |  | 12.9 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The nature of the temporary differences and the resulting net deferred tax asset (liability) for the two years ended December 31, were as follows:
| 2011 |  | 2010
Gross deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations | $ | 33,295 |  |  | $ | 34,416 |
Pension, postretirement and other employee benefits | 62,382 |  |  | 37,653 |
Foreign and state NOL carryforwards | 17,796 |  |  | 18,225 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 4,443 |  |  | 13,795 |
Other | 13,615 |  |  | 18,726 |
Total gross deferred tax assets | 131,531 |  |  | 122,815 |
Less: Valuation allowance | (18,811 | ) |  | (23,944 | )
Total deferred tax assets after valuation allowance | 112,720 |  |  | 98,871 |
Gross deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation | (62,594 | ) |  | (65,683 | )
Repatriation of foreign earnings | (5,030 | ) |  | (4,959 | )
Other | (4,021 | ) |  | (5,309 | )
Total gross deferred tax liabilities | (71,645 | ) |  | (75,951 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 41,075 |  |  | $ | 22,920 |
Current portion of deferred tax asset | $ | 17,133 |  |  | $ | 15,506 |
Noncurrent portion of deferred tax asset | 30,211 |  |  | 14,190 |
Noncurrent portion of deferred tax liability | (6,269 | ) |  | (6,776 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 41,075 |  |  | $ | 22,920 |
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | Included above are the following foreign and state net operating loss ("NOL") and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2011:
Item | Gross Amount |  | Valuation Allowance |  | Expiration
New Zealand NOL Carryforwards (a) | $ | 17,394 |  |  | $ | (4,870 | ) |  | None
State NOL Carryforwards (a) | 226,889 |  |  | (12,926 | ) |  | 15 years
State and Foreign Tax Credits | 3,418 |  |  | (1,015 | ) |  | 10 years
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit | 1,025 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 years
Total Valuation Allowance |  |  | $ | (18,811 | ) |  |
(a) Fully reserved at December 31, 2011.
Summary of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | Included above are the following foreign and state net operating loss ("NOL") and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2011:
Item | Gross Amount |  | Valuation Allowance |  | Expiration
New Zealand NOL Carryforwards (a) | $ | 17,394 |  |  | $ | (4,870 | ) |  | None
State NOL Carryforwards (a) | 226,889 |  |  | (12,926 | ) |  | 15 years
State and Foreign Tax Credits | 3,418 |  |  | (1,015 | ) |  | 10 years
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit | 1,025 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 years
Total Valuation Allowance |  |  | $ | (18,811 | ) |  |
(a) Fully reserved at December 31, 2011.
Summary of Income Tax Examinations [Table Text Block] | The following table provides detail of the tax years that remain open to examination by the IRS and other significant taxing jurisdictions:
Taxing Jurisdiction | Open Tax Periods
U.S. Internal Revenue Service | 2008 – 2011
State of Alabama | 2008 – 2011
State of Florida | 2005 – 2011
State of Georgia | 2008 – 2011
New Zealand Inland Revenue | 2007 – 2011
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits for the three years ended December 31 is as follows:
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Balance at January 1, | $ | 22,580 |  |  | $ | 17,973 |  |  | $ | 3,906 |  |
Decreases related to prior year tax positions | (16,000 | ) | (a) | (1,057 | ) |  | (533 | ) |
Increases related to current year tax positions | — |  |  | 5,780 |  |  | 16,000 |  | (a)
Payments | — |  |  | (116 | ) |  | (1,400 | ) |
Balance at December 31, | $ | 6,580 |  |  | $ | 22,580 |  |  | $ | 17,973 |  |
(a) During 2011, the Company received a final examination report from the IRS regarding its TRS 2009 tax return. As a result, Rayonier reversed the uncertain tax liability recorded in 2009 relating to the taxability of the AFMC and recognized a $16 million tax benefit in the third quarter of 2011.

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