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Number Of Additional Reportable Segments

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (Narrative) (Details)		6 Months Ended
	May 08, 2020 segment fund	Jun. 30, 2020 segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of additional reportable segments	1
Number of reportable segments		6
Pope Resources
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Timber Funds acquired \| fund	3
ORM Timber Funds \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| ORM Timber Fund II
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest	20.00%
ORM Timber Funds \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| ORM Timber Fund III
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest	5.00%
ORM Timber Funds \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| ORM Timber Fund IV
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership interest	15.00%