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Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Settlements with Taxing Authorities $ 4,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities    
Income tax benefit 9,601,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 35,685,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 27,060,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 6,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 2,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Interest expense (benefit) on unrecognized income tax benefits (500,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Interest on income taxes accrued 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 500,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued  
Increased Domestic Production Deduction due to Inclusion of CBPC Income [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Significant change in unrecognized tax benefits expected   4,800,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit
/ us-gaap_ReasonablyPossibleSignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsByItemAxis
= ryn_IncreasedDomesticProductionDeductionduetoInclusionofCBPCIncomeMember
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Included in the Reserve Decrease Resulting from Settlements with Taxing Authorities 900,000ryn_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncludedintheReserveDecreaseResultingfromSettlementswithTaxingAuthorities
/ us-gaap_ReasonablyPossibleSignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsByItemAxis
= ryn_IncreasedDomesticProductionDeductionduetoInclusionofCBPCIncomeMember
   
Settlement with Taxing Authority [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Significant change in unrecognized tax benefits expected   5,800,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit
/ us-gaap_ReasonablyPossibleSignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsByItemAxis
= us-gaap_SettlementWithTaxingAuthorityMember
 
Significant change in unrecognized tax benefits, nature of event positions on the Company’s 2010 tax return, on which the statute of limitations on examination expired during 2014    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Lapse of Statute of Limitations 5,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
/ us-gaap_ReasonablyPossibleSignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsByItemAxis
= us-gaap_SettlementWithTaxingAuthorityMember
   
Income tax benefit 1,800,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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= us-gaap_SettlementWithTaxingAuthorityMember
   
Decrease in deferred tax asset, non-current $ 4,000,000ryn_IncreaseDecreaseinDeferredTaxAssetNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_ReasonablyPossibleSignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsByItemAxis
= us-gaap_SettlementWithTaxingAuthorityMember