Income Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	$ (64,141)	$ (77,992)	$ (15,079)
U.S. and foreign REIT income	63,813	82,037	17,191
Matariki Group and Rayonier New Zealand Ltd	(19,182)	(4,799)	3,457
Transition tax	(3,506)	0	0
Change in valuation allowance	(13,028)	(3,613)	(3,607)
ASU No. 2016-16 adoption impact	16,631	0	0
Deemed repatriation of unremitted foreign earnings	7,368	0	0
Reduction of deferred tax asset for statutory rate change	(10,499)	0	0
CBPC valuation allowance	0	0	997
Other	863	(697)	(106)
Income tax (expense) benefit as reported for net income	$ (21,681)	$ (5,064)	$ 859
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	(35.00%)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)
U.S. and foreign REIT income	34.80%	36.80%	39.90%
Matariki Group and Rayonier New Zealand Ltd	(10.50%)	(2.20%)	8.00%
Transition tax	(0.019)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Change in valuation allowance	(7.10%)	(1.60%)	(8.40%)
ASU No. 2016-16 adoption impact	9.10%	0.00%	0.00%
Deemed repatriation of unremitted foreign earnings	4.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Reduction of deferred tax asset for statutory rate change	(5.70%)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
CBPC valuation allowance	(0.00%)	(0.00%)	2.30%
Other	0.50%	(0.30%)	(0.20%)
Income tax (expense) benefit as reported for net income	(11.80%)	(2.30%)	2.00%